Partially Dual variables in SU(2) Yang-Mills Theory

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9 July 1998

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-th/9807069

Abstract

We propose a reformulation of SU(2) Yang-Mills theory in terms of new variables. These variables are appropriate for describing the theory in its infrared limit, and indicate that it admits knotlike configurations as stable solitons. As a consequence we arrive at 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

DISTANCE LIMIT DESCRIBES
YANG MILLS THEORY
LIMIT DESCRIBES
DUAL VARIABLES
PARTIALLY DUAL
SOLITONS
KNOTLIKE

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Version 1, 1998-07-09, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 82 (8), 1624.

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