2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/52938The free energy of thick center vortices is calculated in continuum Yang-Mills theory in one-loop approximation using the proper time regularization. The vortices are represented by Abelian gauge field configurations on the torus which satisfy twisted boundary conditions.23 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables, some refences addedHigh Energy Physics - Theorytext