Localization properties of fermions and bosons

Abstract

The topological structure of the QCD vacuum can be probed by monitoring the spatial localization of the low-lying Dirac eigenmodes. This approach can be pursued on the lattice, and unlike the traditional one requires no smoothing of the gauge field. I review recent lattice studies, attempting to extract a consistent description. What emerges is a picture of the vacuum as a ``topological sandwich'' of alternating, infinitely thin 3d layers of opposite topological charge, as originally seen in direct measurements of the topological charge density.

arXiv commentInvited talk at "Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum VII", Azores, Portugal, 2-7 September 2006. 7 pages, 11 figures. To appear in the Proceedings. Small changes; references added

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