Tuesday, February 28, 2012

1202.6017 (Patrick Dunn et al.)

Scaling properties of Wilson loops pierced by P-vortices    [PDF]

Patrick Dunn, Jeff Greensite
P-vortices, in an SU(N) lattice gauge theory, are excitations on the center-projected Z(N) lattice. We study the ratio of expectation values of SU(2) Wilson loops, on the unprojected lattice, linked to a single P-vortex, to that of Wilson loops which are not linked to any P-vortices. When these ratios are plotted versus loop area in physical units, for a range of lattice couplings, it is found that the points fall approximately on a single curve, consistent with scaling. We also find that the ratios are rather insensitive to the point where the minimal area of the loop is pierced by the P-vortex.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.6017

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