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Quantization of Beta Functions in Self-Dual Backgrounds and Emergent Non-Commutative EFT
Mithat Ünsal
We investigate the renormalization group flow and beta functions of Yang-Mills theory and adjoint QCD in a strong, stable, self-dual background field . In deep UV, theory runs a…
Generalized Yang-Mills theory: Interpolating between SDYM and YM
Tolga Domurcukgül, Hao Geng, Mendel Nguyen +1
We construct a generalized Yang-Mills (YM) theory with two real couplings, interpolating continuously between the Self-Dual Yang-Mills (SDYM) limit (also called Chalmers-Siegel the…
Self-dual monopole loops, instantons and confinement
Mendel Nguyen, Mithat Ünsal
It is well-known that the standard instanton analysis in 4d Yang-Mills is plagued with the instanton size moduli problem, which renders the instanton contribution to vacuum energy…
Fractionalization of flux tubes in 3d and screening by emergent electric charges in 2d
Mendel Nguyen, Mithat Ünsal
We consider a class of 3d theories with a magnetic symmetry in which confinement is generated by charge clusters of monopoles. Such theories naturally arise in qu…
Phases of theories with 1-form symmetry and the roles of center vortices and magnetic monopoles
Mendel Nguyen, Tin Sulejmanpasic, Mithat Ünsal
We analyze the phases of theories which only have a microscopic 1-form symmetry, starting with a topological BF theory and deforming it in accordance with microscopi…
Center vortex and confinement in Yang-Mills theory and QCD with anomaly-preserving compactifications
Yuya Tanizaki, Mithat Ünsal
We construct an anomaly-preserving compactification of 4d gauge theories, including Yang-Mills theory, supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, and QCD, down to 2d…