Vortex structure of the vacuum and confinement
arXiv:hep-lat/0010076 · doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(01)00899-4
Abstract
We discuss the recently published numerical computations of the vortex free energy. They dramatically demonstrate that the excitation probability for a sufficiently thick vortex approaches unity at large beta, i.e. that thick vortices `condense' in the vacuum. This is known to imply confinement. An analytical approach for exploring this phenomenon is also outlined.
LATTICE2000 (Topology and Vacuum), 4 pages, 1 epsf figure, LaTeX