Partially Dual Variables in SU(2) Yang-Mills Theory
- 22 February 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 82 (8) , 1624-1627
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.82.1624
Abstract
We propose a reformulation of SU(2) Yang-Mills theory in terms of new variables, appropriate for describing the theory in its infrared limit. These variables suggest a dual picture of the Yang-Mills theory where the short distance limit describes asymptotically free, massless point gluons and the large distance limit describes extended, massive knotlike solitons.Keywords
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