Calorons with non-trivial holonomy on and off the lattice
We discuss recent solutions for SU(2) calorons with non-trivial holonomy at higher charge, both through analytic means and using cooling, as well as extensive lattice studies for SU(3).
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We discuss recent solutions for SU(2) calorons with non-trivial holonomy at higher charge, both through analytic means and using cooling, as well as extensive lattice studies for SU(3).
We review how instanton solutions at finite temperature can be seen as boundstates of constituent monopoles, discuss some speculations concerning their physical relevance and the lattice evidence for their presence in a dynamical context.
Calorons in the confined phase for SU(n) gauge theory, having a non-trivial Polyakov loop, "dissolve" in n monopole constituents for large enough instanton scale parameters. We discuss recent results for these caloron solutions and their fermion zero-modes, as well as the implications for lattice studies and comment on the possible influence of the constituent monopoles on the instanton size distribution.
We use the fermion zero-modes in the background of multi-caloron solutions with non-trivial holonomy as a probe for constituent monopoles. We find in general indication for an extended structure. However, for well separated constituents these become point-like. We analyse this in detail for the SU(2) charge 2 case, where one is able to solve the relevant Nahm equation exactly, beyond the piecewize constant solutions studied previously. Remarkably the zero-mode density can be expressed in the high temperature limit as a function of the conserved quantities that classify the solutions of the Nahm equation.