Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
2010-05-06
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
6 pages, 9 figures, 1 table
Scientific paper
We study topological properties of classical spherical center vortices with the low-lying eigenmodes of the Dirac operator in the fundamental and adjoint representations using both the overlap and asqtad staggered fermion formulations. In particular we address the puzzle raised in a previous work of our group [Phys.\ Rev.\ D 77, 14515 (2008)], where we found a violation of the lattice index theorem with the overlap Dirac operator in the fundamental representation even for "admissible" gauge fields. Here we confirm the discrepancy between the topological charge and the index of the Dirac operator also for asqtad staggered fermions and the adjoint representation. Numerically, the discrepancy equals the sum of the winding numbers of the spheres when they are regarded as maps $\mathbbm R^3 \cup \{\infty\} \to SU(2)$. Furthermore we find some evidence for fractional topological charge during cooling the spherical center vortex on a $40^3 \times 2$ lattice. The object with topological charge $Q=1/2$ we identify as a Dirac monopole with a gauge field fading away at large distances. Therefore even for periodic boundary conditions it does not need an antimonopole.
Faber Manfried
Heller Urs M.
Höllwieser Roman
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