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Hauptverfasser: Yang, Ji-Chong, Li, Xiang-Ning, Zhao, Zhan
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.13757
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author Yang, Ji-Chong
Li, Xiang-Ning
Zhao, Zhan
author_facet Yang, Ji-Chong
Li, Xiang-Ning
Zhao, Zhan
contents We study Wilson loops with a nontrivial orientation structure in lattice gauge theory as a probe of the center vortex picture. The observable is a single Wilson loop containing two plaquettes with opposite orientations, realized in two geometries referred to as the vertical and parallel configurations. The vertical case behaves consistently with expectations from the vortex picture. In contrast, the parallel configuration shows a deviation from the naive area-law expectation which cannot be explained solely by the opposite orientations of the plaquettes. We introduce a simple qualitative vortex model which accounts for this behavior and shows that the observed effect can still be understood within the vortex framework.
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spellingShingle Wilson loops with oppositely oriented plaquettes as a probe of center vortex structure
Yang, Ji-Chong
Li, Xiang-Ning
Zhao, Zhan
High Energy Physics - Lattice
We study Wilson loops with a nontrivial orientation structure in lattice gauge theory as a probe of the center vortex picture. The observable is a single Wilson loop containing two plaquettes with opposite orientations, realized in two geometries referred to as the vertical and parallel configurations. The vertical case behaves consistently with expectations from the vortex picture. In contrast, the parallel configuration shows a deviation from the naive area-law expectation which cannot be explained solely by the opposite orientations of the plaquettes. We introduce a simple qualitative vortex model which accounts for this behavior and shows that the observed effect can still be understood within the vortex framework.
title Wilson loops with oppositely oriented plaquettes as a probe of center vortex structure
topic High Energy Physics - Lattice
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.13757