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On Nonexistence of Magnetic Charge in Pure Yang-Mills Theories
A. Kovner, M. Lavelle, D. McMullan
We prove that magnetic charge does not exist as a physical observable on the physical Hilbert space of the pure SU(2) gauge theory. The abelian magnetic monopoles seen in lattice s…
Magnetic Z(N) symmetry in 2+1 dimensions
Alex Kovner
This review describes the role of magnetic symmetry in 2+1 dimensional gauge theories. In confining theories without matter fields in fundamental representation the magnetic symmet…
Fundamental Matter and the Deconfining Phase Transition in 2+1 D
Gerald V. Dunne, Alex Kovner, Shinsuke M. Nishigaki
We analyze the effect of heavy fundamentally charged particles on the finite temperature deconfining phase transition in the 2+1 dimensional Georgi-Glashow model. We show that in t…
Taming the BFKL Intercept via Gluon Saturation
Alexander Kovner, Urs Achim Wiedemann
We show that the inclusion of parton density effects in the perturbative small-x evolution reduces the strength of the powerlike growth of total hadronic cross sections.
No Froissart Bound from Gluon Saturation
Alexander Kovner, Urs Achim Wiedemann
In the previous work hep-ph/0112140, hep-ph/0204277, we showed that while the nonlinear QCD evolution equation of Balitsky and Kovchegov (BK) leads to saturation of the scattering…
Monopoles, Vortices and Strings: Confinement and Deconfinement in 2+1 Dimensions at Weak Coupling
Ian I. Kogan, Alex Kovner
We consider, from several complementary perspectives, the physics of confinement and deconfinement in the 2+1 dimensional Georgi-Glashow model. Polyakov's monopole plasma and 't Ho…