Non-Abelian Thermal Large Gauge Transformations in 2+1 Dimensions
arXiv:hep-th/0111146 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.65.065006
Abstract
We discuss several different constructions of non-Abelian large gauge transformations at finite temperature. Pisarski's ansatz with even winding number is related to Hopf mappings, and we present a simple new ansatz that has any integer winding number at finite temperature.
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