Yang-Mills theory in Landau gauge as a liquid crystal

Details Yang-Mills theory in Landau gauge as a liquid crystal Yang-Mills theory in Landau gauge as a liquid crystal

2005-06-13

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0506107v1

Phys.Lett. B637 (2006) 128-132

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

9 pages, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physletb.2006.03.073

Using a spin-charge separation of the gluon field in the Landau gauge we show that the SU(2) Yang-Mills theory in the low-temperature phase can be considered as a nematic liquid crystal. The ground state of the nematic crystal is characterized by the A^2 condensate of the gluon field. The liquid crystal possesses various topological defects (instantons, monopoles and vortices) which are suggested to play a role in non-perturbative features of the theory.

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