Multi-calorons and their moduli

dc.creatorNogradi, Daniel
dc.date2005-11-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:50:19Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:50:19Z
dc.descriptionPure Yang-Mills instantons are considered on S^1 x R^3 -- so-called calorons. The holonomy -- or Polyakov loop around the thermal S^1 at spatial infinity -- is assumed to be a non-centre element of the gauge group SU(n) as most appropriate for QCD applications in the confined phase. It is shown that a charge k caloron can be seen as a collection of nk massive magnetic monopoles each carrying fractional topological charge. This interpretation offers a physically appealing way of introducing monopole degrees of freedom into pure gluodynamics: as constituents of finite temperature instantons. New and exact solutions are found along with the fermionic zero-modes of the Dirac operator. The properties of the zero-modes are analysed as well as the hyperkahler and twistor geometry of the caloron moduli space. Lattice gauge theoretic applications are also mentioned.
dc.descriptionPhD thesis, 109 pages, 24 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0511125
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0511125
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/104635
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleMulti-calorons and their moduli
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