Thick oriented and nonoriented center-vortex $SU(N)$ configurations with fractional topological charge lumps
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| author | Junior, David R. Oxman, L. E. Simões, Gustavo M. |
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| contents | Mixed oriented and nonoriented center vortices are known to generate nontrivial topological charge. However, most previous analyses have been restricted to Abelian-projected thin configurations. Studies of thick vortices have so far focused on the $SU(2)$ case and on the intersection of a single pair of oriented objects. In this work, we construct mixed oriented and nonoriented thick center-vortex gauge fields in $SU(N)$ with smooth profiles and explicit non-Abelian phases. These phases ensure a smooth interpolation between different Cartan fluxes at monopole junctions. We analyze the resulting topological charge density and visualize its morphology, elucidating the color structures responsible for fractional lumps that together yield a nonvanishing global charge. |
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| spellingShingle | Thick oriented and nonoriented center-vortex $SU(N)$ configurations with fractional topological charge lumps Junior, David R. Oxman, L. E. Simões, Gustavo M. High Energy Physics - Theory Mixed oriented and nonoriented center vortices are known to generate nontrivial topological charge. However, most previous analyses have been restricted to Abelian-projected thin configurations. Studies of thick vortices have so far focused on the $SU(2)$ case and on the intersection of a single pair of oriented objects. In this work, we construct mixed oriented and nonoriented thick center-vortex gauge fields in $SU(N)$ with smooth profiles and explicit non-Abelian phases. These phases ensure a smooth interpolation between different Cartan fluxes at monopole junctions. We analyze the resulting topological charge density and visualize its morphology, elucidating the color structures responsible for fractional lumps that together yield a nonvanishing global charge. |
| title | Thick oriented and nonoriented center-vortex $SU(N)$ configurations with fractional topological charge lumps |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.11192 |