Non-Abelian thermal large gauge transformations in 2+1 dimensions

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作者
Brandt, FT [1 ]
Das, A
Dunne, GV
Frenkel, J
Taylor, JC
机构
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, BR-05315970 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[2] Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[3] Univ Connecticut, Dept Phys, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
[4] Univ Cambridge, Dept Appl Math & Theoret Phys, Cambridge CB3 9EW, England
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10.1103/PhysRevD.65.065006
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We discuss several different constructions of non-Abelian large gauge transformations at finite temperature. Pisarski's Ansatz with even winding number is related to Hopf mappings, and we present a simple new Ansatz that has any integer winding number at finite temperature.
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