3 papers
hep-th2025
Residual gauge symmetry and color confinement in the Yang-Mills theory
Naoki Fukushima, Kei-Ichi Kondo
We examine the restoration of the residual gauge symmetry in the Yang-Mills theory to be regarded as a confinement criterion. For this purpose we restrict the four-dimensional $SU(…
hep-th2025
Restoration of residual gauge symmetries towards color confinement due to topological defects
Naoki Fukushima, Kei-Ichi Kondo
We reconsider the restoration of the residual gauge symmetry (RGS) due to topological effects as a possible criterion for color confinement. Although the RGS is ``spontaneously bro…
hep-th2025
Restoration of residual gauge symmetries due to topological defects and color confinement in the Lorenz gauge
Naoki Fukushima, Kei-Ichi Kondo
The residual gauge symmetry (RGS) is the local gauge symmetry remaining even after imposing the gauge fixing condition. Although this symmetry is ``spontaneously broken'' in the pe…