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t Hooft mechanism of confinement or dual Meissner effect

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Action = v g w (<br />

mH<br />

m W<br />

)<br />

≫ 1,<br />

w(0) = 4π (in the BPS limit)<br />

To add up hedgehogs, one has first to comb their hair!<br />

‘Stringy’ <strong>or</strong> singular gauge<br />

The the<strong>or</strong>y is invariant under gauge transf<strong>or</strong>mations:<br />

φ = φ a τ a<br />

2<br />

A i = A a τ a<br />

i<br />

2<br />

→<br />

S(x)φS † (x),<br />

→ S(x)A i S † (x) + iS∂ i S † .<br />

Choose the unitary gauge-transf<strong>or</strong>mation matrix S(x) such that<br />

S(n · τ)S † = τ 3 =⇒ S(θ, φ) = e −iφ 2 τ 3<br />

e iθ 2 τ 2<br />

e iφ 2 τ 3<br />

.<br />

Confinement in the 3d Ge<strong>or</strong>gi–Glashow model D. Diakonov, L-12

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