Study of SU(3) vortex-like configurations with a new maximal center gauge fixing method

Abstract

We present a new way of fixing the gauge to (direct) maximal center gauge in SU(N) Yang-Mills theory and apply this method to SU(3) configurations which are vortex-like. We study the structure of the Z_3 configurations obtained after center-projecting the SU(3) ones.

11 pages, 2 figures. To appear in PLB

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