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Quantum gauge fixing and vortex dominance
K. Langfeld, M. Engelhardt, H. Reinhardt +1
We introduce quantum gauge fixing (QGF) as a new class of gauge fixings. While the maximal center gauge might not show vortex dominance, the confining properties of the vortices ob…
A picture of the Yang-Mills deconfinement transition and its lattice verification
M. Engelhardt, K. Langfeld, H. Reinhardt +1
In the framework of the center vortex picture of confinement, the nature of the deconfining phase transition is studied. Using recently developed techniques which allow to associat…
Deconfinement in SU(2) Yang-Mills theory as a center vortex percolation transition
M. Engelhardt, K. Langfeld, H. Reinhardt +1
By fixing lattice Yang-Mills configurations to the maximal center gauge and subsequently applying the technique of center projection, one can identify center vortices in these conf…
Interaction of confining vortices in SU(2) lattice gauge theory
M. Engelhardt, K. Langfeld, H. Reinhardt +1
Center projection of SU(2) lattice gauge theory allows to isolate magnetic vortices as confining configurations. The vortex density scales according to the renormalization group, i…
Confinement and scaling of the vortex vacuum of SU(2) lattice gauge theory
Kurt Langfeld, Hugo Reinhardt, Oliver Tennert
The magnetic vortices which arise in SU(2) lattice gauge theory in center projection are visualized for a given time slice. We establish that the number of vortices piercing a give…
Improving the signal-to-noise-ratio in lattice gauge theories
Kurt Langfeld, Hugo Reinhardt, Oliver Tennert
Renormalization of composite fields is employed to suppress the statistical noise in lattice gauge calculations. We propose a new action which differs from the standard Wilson acti…