Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
1998-10-02
JHEP 9901:008,1999
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
18 pages, 6 figures, Latex2e
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/1999/01/008
We consider projections of SU(2) lattice link variables onto Z(2) center and U(1) subgroups, with and without gauge-fixing. It is shown that in the absence of gauge-fixing, and up to an additive constant, the static quark potential extracted from projected variables agrees exactly with the static quark potential taken from the full link variables; this is an extension of recent arguments by Ambjorn and Greensite, and by Ogilvie. Abelian and center dominance is essentially trivial in this case, and seems of no physical relevance. The situation changes drastically upon gauge fixing. In the case of center projection, there are a series of tests one can carry out, to check if vortices identified in the projected configurations are physical objects. All these criteria are satisfied in maximal center gauge, and we show here that they all fail in the absence of gauge fixing. The non-triviality of center projection is due entirely to the maximal center gauge-fixing, which pumps information about the location of extended physical objects into local Z(2) observables.
Faber Manfried
Greensite Jeff
Olejnik Stefan
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