Topology of quantum gauge fields and duality (I): Yang-Mills-Higgs system in 2 + 1 dimensions

Spenta R. Wadia; Sumit R. Das

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(81)90648-1

Topology of quantum gauge fields and duality (I): Yang-Mills-Higgs system in 2 + 1 dimensions

Spenta R. Wadia, Sumit R. Das

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The basic role of the representation of the gauge group in characterizing the topological excitations of the vacuum is pointed out. For SU(N) gauge fields on a lattice, the topological excitations are monopoles in the adjoint representation of the dual group ^*SU(N). This leads to a dual representation of the Yang-Mills-Higgs system in 2 + 1 dimensions. For SU(3) the deal theory in a scalar theory with discrete Weyl symmetry S₃. In the presence of adjoint Higgs fields the Weyl symmetry is broken in the Higgs phase but restored by pseudo-particles in the confinement phase.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	386-392
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	106
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(81)90648-1
State	Published - Nov 19 1981

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Work supported in part by the NSF, contract no. PHY-78-23669.

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Topology of quantum gauge fields and duality (I): Yang-Mills-Higgs system in 2 + 1 dimensions

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