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Universal Properties in Low Dimensional Fermionic Systems and Bosonization
We analyze the universal transport behavior in 1D and 2D fermionic systems by
following the unified framework provided by bosonization. The role played by
the adiabatic transition between interacting and noninteracting regions is
emphasized.Comment: 2 pages, RevTex, contribution for the Proceedings of the XVIII Autumn
School `Topology of Strongly Correlated Systems', Lisbon, Portugal, October,
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The infrared Yang-Mills wave functional due to percolating center vortices
Inspired by the center-vortex dominance in the infrared sector of
Yang-Mills theory observed on the lattice, we propose a vacuum wave functional
localized on an ensemble of correlated center vortices endowed with stiffness
and magnetic monopoles that change the orientation of the vortex flux. In the
electric-field representation, this wave functional becomes an effective
partition function for N complex scalar fields. The inclusion of both oriented
and non-oriented vortices as well as so-called N-vortex matchings leads to an
effective potential that has only a center symmetry left. In the center-vortex
condensed phase, this symmetry is spontaneously broken. In this case, the
Wilson loop average can be approximated by a solitonic saddle-point localized
around the minimal surface. The asymptotic string tension thus obtained
displays Casimir scaling
Prospecting effective Yang-Mills-Higgs models for the asymptotic confining flux tube
In this work, we analyze a large class of effective Yang-Mills-Higgs models
constructed in terms of adjoint scalars. In particular, we reproduce asymptotic
properties of the confining string, suggested by lattice simulations of
pure Yang-Mills theory, in models that are stable in the whole range of
Higgs-field mass parameters. These properties include -ality, Abelian-like
flux-tube profiles, independence of the profiles with the -ality of the
quark representation, and Casimir scaling. We find that although these models
are formulated in terms of many fields and possible Higgs potentials, a
collective behavior can be established in a large region of parameter space,
where the desired asymptotic behavior is realized.Comment: 24 pages, 1 figur
From center-vortex ensembles to the confining flux tube
In this review, we discuss the present status of the description of confining
flux tubes in SU(N) pure Yang-Mills theory in terms of ensembles of percolating
center vortices. This is based on three main pillars: modelling in the
continuum the ensemble components detected in the lattice, the derivation of
effective field representations, and contrasting the associated properties with
Monte Carlo lattice results. The integration of the present knowledge about
these points is essential to get closer to a unified physical picture for
confinement. Here, we shall emphasize the last advances, which point to the
importance of including the nonoriented center-vortex component and non-Abelian
degrees when modelling the center-vortex ensemble measure. These inputs are
responsible for the emergence of topological solitons and the possibility of
accommodating the asymptotic scaling properties of the confining string
tension
Quantum effects due to a moving Dirichlet point
We study quantum effects induced by a pointlike object that imposes Dirichlet boundary conditions along its worldline, on a real scalar field φ in 1, 2, and 3 spatial dimensions. The boundary conditions result from the strong coupling limit of a term quadratic in the field and localized on the particle's trajectory. We discuss the renormalization issues that appear and evaluate the effective action. Special attention is paid to the case of two spatial dimensions where the coupling constant is adimensional.Fil: Fosco, Cesar Daniel. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigación y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Bariloche); Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; ArgentinaFil: Junior, D. R.. Universidade Federal Fluminense; BrasilFil: Oxman, L. E.. Universidade Federal Fluminense; Brasi
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