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Z(2) vortices and the string tension in SU(2) gauge theory

Tamas G. Kovacs, E. T. Tomboulis

hep-latarXiv:hep-lat/9709042

Abstract

We exhibit the appropriate variables allowing the plus-minus (Z(2)) `reduction' of the Wilson loop operator which provides a direct measure of the thin, thick and `mixed' Z(2) topological, gauge-invariant vortices in SU(2) LGT. Simulations with the Wilson action, as well as a perfect action smoothing procedure, show the string tension to be reproduced from the contributions of these excitations.

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