MONOPOLE CONDENSATE AND MONOPOLE MASS IN U(1) LATTICE GAUGE-THEORY

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POLLEY, L [1 ]
WIESE, UJ [1 ]
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[1] HLRZ JULICH, W-5170 JULICH, GERMANY
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10.1016/0550-3213(91)90380-G
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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The monopole condensate in the confined phase and the monopole mass in the Coulomb phase of U(1) lattice gauge theory are computed in numerical simulations using a monopole correlation function introduced by Frohlich and Marchetti. The finite-size effects of (magnetically) charged particles in periodic and antiperiodic volumes are discussed in detail and their relation to the infraparticle problem is investigated. By duality the results also apply to the noncompact abelian Higgs model.
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