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| author | Junior, David R. Krein, Gastão Oxman, Luis E. Soares, Bruno R. |
| author_facet | Junior, David R. Krein, Gastão Oxman, Luis E. Soares, Bruno R. |
| contents | Lattice simulations and theoretical analyses consistently identify center vortices and monopoles as key nonperturbative configurations in Yang-Mills theory. In the continuum, the effective representation of mixed oriented and nonoriented center vortices showed that these degrees of freedom generate a confining flux tube with $N$-ality. Independently, studies of correlation functions reveal an infrared behavior characterized by massivelike scales. In this Letter, field correlators are computed for the first time in a theoretical framework based on center vortices. Using an Abelian-projected vacuum wave functional peaked on the mixed ensemble, we show the emergence of a massivelike gauge-invariant field strength correlator. For this behavior, the nonoriented component in the center-vortex condensate turns out to be essential, as is also the case for producing the correct properties of confining flux tubes. |
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| spellingShingle | Study of the Emergence of a Gluon Mass Scale from Center Vortices Using a Wave-Functional Formalism Junior, David R. Krein, Gastão Oxman, Luis E. Soares, Bruno R. High Energy Physics - Theory High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Lattice simulations and theoretical analyses consistently identify center vortices and monopoles as key nonperturbative configurations in Yang-Mills theory. In the continuum, the effective representation of mixed oriented and nonoriented center vortices showed that these degrees of freedom generate a confining flux tube with $N$-ality. Independently, studies of correlation functions reveal an infrared behavior characterized by massivelike scales. In this Letter, field correlators are computed for the first time in a theoretical framework based on center vortices. Using an Abelian-projected vacuum wave functional peaked on the mixed ensemble, we show the emergence of a massivelike gauge-invariant field strength correlator. For this behavior, the nonoriented component in the center-vortex condensate turns out to be essential, as is also the case for producing the correct properties of confining flux tubes. |
| title | Study of the Emergence of a Gluon Mass Scale from Center Vortices Using a Wave-Functional Formalism |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19103 |