Resolution of Gauss' law in Yang-Mills theory by Gauge Invariant Projection: Topology and Magnetic Monopoles

Details Resolution of Gauss' law in Yang-Mills theory by Gauge Invariant Projection: Topology and Magnetic Monopoles Resolution of Gauss' law in Yang-Mills theory by Gauge Invariant Projection: Topology and Magnetic Monopoles

1997-02-06

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9702049v2

Nucl.Phys.B503:505-529,1997

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

Minor changes, version to be published in Nucl. Phys. B. 24 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00489-6

An efficient way of resolving Gauss' law in Yang-Mills theory is presented by starting from the projected gauge invariant partition function and integrating out one spatial field variable. In this way one obtains immediately the description in terms of unconstrained gauge invariant variables which was previously obtained by explicitly resolving Gauss' law in a modified axial gauge. In this gauge, which is a variant of 't Hooft's Abelian gauges, magnetic monopoles occur. It is shown how the Pontryagin index of the gauge field is related to the magnetic charges. It turns out that the magnetic monopoles are sufficient to account for the non-trivial topological structure of the theory.

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