Unstable Modes and Confinement in the Lattice Schrödinger Functional Approach
arXiv:hep-lat/9610028 · doi:10.1142/S0217732398000930
Abstract
We analyze the problem of the Nielsen-Olesen unstable modes in the SU(2) lattice gauge theory by means of a recently introduced gauge-invariant effective action. We perform numerical simulations in the case of a constant Abelian chromomagnetic field. We find that for lattice sizes above a certain critical length the density of effective action shows a behaviour compatible with the presence of the unstable modes. We put out a possible relation between the dynamics of the unstable modes and the confinement.
arXiv comment15 pages, LaTeX2e file, 5 figures
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