1212.3168 (M. N. Chernodub et al.)

On chromoelectric (super)conductivity of the Yang-Mills vacuum    [PDF]

M. N. Chernodub, Jos Van Doorsselaere, Tigran Kalaydzhyan, Henri Verschelde

We argue that in the Copenhagen ("spaghetti") picture of the QCD vacuum the chromomagnetic flux tubes exhibit chromoelectric superconductivity. The superconducting chromoelectric currents in the tubes may be induced by the topological charge density.

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