London relation and fluxoid quantization for monopole currents in U(1) lattice gauge theory

We explore the mechanism of quark confinement in four-dimensional U(1) lattice gauge theory by measuring the color-magnetic current distribution from Dirac magnetic monopoles in the presence of a static quark-antiquark pair. Our results give the first direct evidence that the quarks induce a solenoi...

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Published in:Physical review. D, Particles and fields Particles and fields, 1993-02, Vol.47 (4), p.1715-1718
Main Authors: VANDANA SINGH, HAYMAKER, R. W, BROWNE, D. A
Format: Article
Language:English
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662120 > General Theory of Particles & Fields-- Symmetry, Conservation Laws, Currents & Their Properties-- (1992-)
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
Exact sciences and technology
FERMIONS
FIELD THEORIES
Gauge field theories
GAUGE INVARIANCE
General theory of fields and particles
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LATTICE FIELD THEORY
LIE GROUPS
LONDON EQUATION
MAGNETIC MONOPOLES
MONOPOLES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Physics
PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUANTIZATION
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARKS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
SYMMETRY GROUPS
The physics of elementary particles and fields
U GROUPS 662110 > General Theory of Particles & Fields-- Theory of Fields & Strings-- (1992-)
U-1 GROUPS
VACUUM STATES
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Summary:We explore the mechanism of quark confinement in four-dimensional U(1) lattice gauge theory by measuring the color-magnetic current distribution from Dirac magnetic monopoles in the presence of a static quark-antiquark pair. Our results give the first direct evidence that the quarks induce a solenoidal current distribution that screens the color-electric flux of the quarks in an electric analogue of the Meissner effect in a superconductor. We show that the vacuum state of U(1) lattice gauge theory obeys both a dual version of the London equation and an electric fluxoid quantization condition.
ISSN:0556-2821
1089-4918
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.47.1715