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compactifications where their presence leads to greater control of gauge symmetry breaking, giving a better handle on the final unbroken gauge group and also providing a mechanism for controlling the number of matter multiplets left after compactification. These properties make Wilson lines important
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of the underlying Yang–Mills theory fields and couplings does not prevent the Wilson loops from requiring additional renormalization corrections. In a renormalized Yang–Mills theory, the particular way that the Wilson loops get renormalized depends on the geometry of the loop under consideration. The
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while the latter consists of vectors that are perpendicular to the fiber. This allows for the comparison of fiber values at different spacetime points by connecting them with curves in the principal bundle whose tangent vectors always live in the horizontal subspace, so the curve is always
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of the gauge group. Wilson loops satisfy the reconstruction property where knowing the set of Wilson loops for all possible loops allows for the reconstruction of all gauge invariant information about the gauge connection. Formally the set of all Wilson loops forms an
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matrices have Wilson loops that satisfy a set of identities called the Mandelstam identities, with these identities reflecting the particular properties of the underlying gauge group. The identities apply to loops formed from two or more subloops, with
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of the quark separation. Since spacelike Wilson loops are not fundamentally different from the temporal ones, the quark potential is really directly related to the pure Yang–Mills theory structure and is a phenomenon independent of the matter content.
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ensures that local non-gauge invariant operators cannot have a non-zero expectation values. Instead one must use non-local gauge invariant operators as order parameters for confinement. The Wilson loop is exactly such an order parameter in pure
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theories, zero mode gauge field states that are locally pure gauge configurations but are globally inequivalent to the vacuum are parameterized by closed Wilson lines in the compact direction. The presence of these on a compactified
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limit, up to finite terms. While this duality was initially only suggested in the maximum helicity violating case, there are arguments that it can be extended to all helicity configurations by defining appropriate
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theories. The horizontal lift starting at some initial fiber point other than the identity merely requires multiplication by the initial element of the original horizontal lift. More generally, it holds that if
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gauge invariant. It allows for the comparison of the matter field at different points in a gauge invariant way. Alternatively, the Wilson lines can also be introduced by adding an infinitely heavy
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must have a corresponding particle of that charge be present in the theory. Decoupling these particles by taking the infinite mass limit no longer works since this would form
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with the expectation value of a product of loops depending only on the manifold structure and on how the loops are tied together. This led to the famous connection made by
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where a set of dualities between them and special types of scattering amplitudes has been found. These have first been suggested at strong coupling using the
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Smooth non-intersecting curve: This can only have linear divergences proportional to the contour which can be removed through multiplicative renormalization.
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Since temporal Wilson lines correspond to the configuration created by infinitely heavy stationary quarks, Wilson loop associated with a rectangular loop
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The issue that Wilson lines resolve is how to compare points on fibers at two different spacetime points. This is analogous to parallel transport in
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is some constant. The area law of Wilson loops can be used to demonstrate confinement in certain low dimensional theories directly, such as for the
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and that its tangent vectors always lie in the horizontal subspace. The fiber bundle formulation of gauge theory reveals that the
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at different points. For principal bundles there is a natural way to compare different fiber points through the introduction of a
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is defined through the same idea as the usual derivative, as the normalized difference between the functional of the two loops
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Self-intersections: This leads to operator mixing between the Wilson loops associated with the full loop and the subloops.
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This gauge transformation property is often used to directly introduce the Wilson line in the presence of matter fields
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making the Wilson loop useful for calculating the potential between quark pairs. This potential must necessarily be a
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factorize into a tree-level component and a loop level correction. This loop level correction does not depend on the
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of traces of plaquettes, where the first non-vanishing term in the expectation value of the Wilson loop in an
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An alternative view of Wilson loops is to consider them as operators acting on the Hilbert space of states in
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The lattice formulation of the Wilson loops also allows for an analytic demonstration of confinement in the
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of the fiber into itself upon horizontal lift along a closed loop. The set of all holonomies itself forms a
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although globally it can have some twisted structure depending on how different fibers are glued together.
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holds for all gauge groups in the fundamental representations, for unitary groups it moreover holds that
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is the lattice spacing. While this argument holds for both the abelian and non-abelian case, compact
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called the area derivative and the perimeter derivative. To define the former, consider a contour
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in 1974, they were used to construct links and plaquettes which are the fundamental parameters in
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Chen, Y.; et al. (2006). "Glueball spectrum and matrix elements on anisotropic lattices".
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of the particles, but it was found to be dual to certain polygonal Wilson loops in the large
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yields a set of identities between Wilson loops. These can be written in terms the objects
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is equivalent to the connection that defines the horizontal subspace, so this leads to a
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of the gauge group. This can be reformulated in terms of Lie algebra language using the
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where quark loops are neglected. This is done by expanding out the Wilson action as a
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and horizontal subspaces. The former consists of all vectors pointing along the fiber
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of the gauge group, where the Wilson line is an operator that makes the combination
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are exponentially suppressed with time and so the expectation value goes as
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of Wilson loops are also used as interpolating operators that give rise to
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known as the completeness conjecture claims that in a consistent theory of
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Lightlike segments: These give rise to additional logarithmic divergences.
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gauge theory gives rise to an area law with a string tension of the form
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To properly define Wilson loops in gauge theory requires considering the
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on in these theories and are used to calculate global properties of the
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These Wilson loops are used to study confinement and quark potentials
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charged under the gauge group. Its charge forms a quantized internal
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in terms of these loops. In pure gauge theory they play the role of
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In this notation the Mandelstam identities of the second kind are
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of closed Wilson lines is a gauge invariant quantity known as the
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only exhibits confinement at strong coupling, with there being a
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Gauge groups that admit fundamental representations in terms of
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Since Wilson loops are operators of the gauge fields, the
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The perimeter derivative is similarly defined whereby now
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which is the same contour but with an extra small loop at
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Mathematically the term within the trace is known as the
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The Mandelstam identity of the first kind states that
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direction and of zero area. The perimeter derivative
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Wilson loops fall into the broader class of loop 6753:"Phase Transition in Four-Dimensional Compact QED" 5902: 5814: 5784: 5726: 5706: 5649: 5604: 5569: 5501: 5362: 5331: 5270: 5180: 5146: 5060: 4726: 4675: 4644: 4615: 4589: 4455: 4429: 4409: 4322: 4295: 4268: 4221: 4187: 4152: 4132: 4112: 4092: 4062: 4007: 3784: 3659: 3627: 3607: 3577: 3557: 3537: 3497: 3336: 3315:. Then the area derivative of the loop functional 3307: 3242: 3222: 3202: 3182: 3142: 3093: 3062: 3028: 3008: 2964: 2857: 2792: 2700: 2676: 2640: 2620: 2576: 2556: 2524: 2459:is known as the string tension. Meanwhile, in the 2451: 2431: 2393: 2361: 2268: 2155: 2113: 2069: 2049: 2029: 1993: 1937: 1906: 1857: 1837: 1802: 1733: 1579: 1481: 1449: 1311: 1276: 1250: 1180: 1101: 1074: 898: 778: 701: 650: 612: 579: 552: 525: 481: 454: 421: 390: 347: 304: 284: 261: 233: 206: 179: 152: 125: 105: 7118:"Renormalization of loop functions for all loops" 6550:. 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Here for each point in the 7035:Korchemskaya, I.A.; Korchemsky, G.P. (1992). 2362:{\displaystyle \langle W\rangle \sim e^{-aA}} 909:This has a unique formal solution called the 489:, one needs to consider some spacetime curve 8: 7519:Quantum Field Theory: An Integrated Approach 6835:(1983). "Loop Equations and 1/N Expansion". 3999: 3974: 3971: 3946: 3873: 3858: 2488: 2473: 2328: 2313: 2188: 2173: 1982: 7521:. Princeton University Press. p. 697. 6451:. Cambridge University Press. p. 168. 6053:Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model 6005:(2 ed.). CRC Press. pp. 374–418. 2303:its expectation value follows the area law 1768:of solutions to the Gauss' law constraint. 702:{\displaystyle {\tilde {\gamma }}(0)=g_{i}} 6645:The Theory of Quark and Gluon Interactions 6548:Lattice Methods for Quantum Chromodynamics 6391:An Introduction to the Confinement Problem 5754:Wilson loops play a role in the theory of 5512:Fundamental representations consisting of 4276:being a loop formed by first going around 3667:of the loop functional is then defined as 7358: 7274: 7214: 7116:Brandt, R.A.; Neri, F.; Sato, M. (1981). 6600: 6200: 6120: 5889: 5807: 5770: 5769: 5767: 5719: 5690: 5636: 5619: 5617: 5582: 5555: 5542: 5521: 5487: 5474: 5449: 5444: 5431: 5409: 5390: 5378: 5346: 5344: 5339:. 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Using 402:If the starting fiber is at coordinate 312:forming what's known as a fiber of the 6074: 6072: 4590:{\displaystyle \delta _{}^{a_{N+1}}=0} 4100:being a line that does not close from 2793:{\displaystyle L={\text{tr}}{\bigg }.} 1994:{\displaystyle E^{i}W|0\rangle \neq 0} 1734:{\displaystyle W={\text{tr}}{\bigg }.} 429:with a starting point of the identity 6647:(4 ed.). Springer. p. 383. 6546:DeGrand, T.; DeTar, C. (2006). "11". 6243:; Schroeder, Daniel V. (1995). "15". 3585:has a small extruding loop of length 3016:is the inverse coupling constant and 2057:and two spatial components of length 651:{\displaystyle {\tilde {\gamma }}(t)} 526:{\displaystyle \gamma :\rightarrow M} 7: 6929:Kazakov, V.A.; Kostov, I.K. (1980). 6906:Introduction to Quantum Field Theory 6416:Methods of Contemporary Gauge Theory 5827:generalizations of the Wilson loop. 3660:{\displaystyle \partial _{\mu }^{x}} 4188:{\displaystyle {\text{U}}(\infty )} 292:there is a copy of the gauge group 93:A connection on a principal bundle 5577:. Furthermore, while the equality 4179: 3810: 3678: 3643: 2249: 2147: 1818: 1791: 1771:The set of all Wilson lines is in 399:perpendicular to any given fiber. 14: 6028:Topology and Geometry for Physics 4626:of the gauge groups. Contracting 2432:{\displaystyle V(r)\sim \sigma r} 2372:for a loop that encloses an area 316:. These fiber bundles are called 41:of gauge variables around closed 6482:From Classical to Quantum Fields 5851:to a theory with non-coincident 5793:supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory 5785:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {N}}=4} 7079:"Gauge fields as rings of glue" 6247:. Westview Press. p. 492. 5831:String theory compactifications 5714:that depends on the cusp angle 4466:indices vanishes, meaning that 3608:{\displaystyle \delta x_{\mu }} 3063:{\displaystyle \beta \sim 1.01} 2588:whose confinement is driven by 7489:Choi, K.S.; Kim, J.E. (2020). 7321:. Springer. pp. 153–158. 6051:Schwartz, M. D. (2014). "25". 6003:Geometry, Topology and Physics 5918:where he used Wilson loops in 5701: 5695: 5637: 5633: 5627: 5620: 5593: 5587: 5564: 5548: 5532: 5526: 5493: 5467: 5458: 5424: 5415: 5402: 5396: 5383: 5363:{\displaystyle {\text{SU}}(2)} 5357: 5351: 5320: 5302: 5265: 5239: 5230: 5217: 5211: 5198: 5175: 5169: 5135: 5097: 5052: 4988: 4966: 4902: 4886: 4854: 4841: 4822: 4813: 4775: 4756: 4744: 4721: 4715: 4706: 4700: 4558: 4478: 4404: 4378: 4369: 4343: 4182: 4176: 3996: 3980: 3968: 3952: 3943: 3931: 3926: 3920: 3870: 3864: 3852: 3846: 3776: 3773: 3767: 3758: 3735: 3729: 3701: 3695: 3489: 3486: 3480: 3471: 3445: 3439: 3433: 3427: 3396: 3390: 3369: 3363: 3331: 3325: 3094:{\displaystyle {\text{SU}}(N)} 3088: 3082: 3009:{\displaystyle \beta =6/g^{2}} 2956: 2953: 2947: 2931: 2858:{\displaystyle {\text{SU}}(3)} 2852: 2846: 2777: 2771: 2727: 2721: 2671: 2665: 2551: 2545: 2514: 2508: 2485: 2479: 2417: 2411: 2388: 2382: 2354: 2348: 2325: 2319: 2260: 2257: 2235: 2219: 2214: 2208: 2185: 2179: 2141: 2135: 2108: 2102: 1975: 1971: 1965: 1901: 1895: 1838:{\displaystyle \Lambda _{w}/W} 1640: 1634: 1574: 1561: 1555: 1529: 1517: 1503: 1476: 1470: 1441: 1428: 1412: 1386: 1380: 1367: 1361: 1358: 1332: 1319:the Wilson line transforms as 1306: 1300: 1242: 1236: 1230: 1218: 1212: 1202: 1172: 1166: 1160: 1148: 1142: 1132: 1102:{\displaystyle {\mathcal {P}}} 981: 955: 946: 933: 890: 884: 851: 845: 818: 812: 763: 757: 736: 730: 683: 677: 671: 645: 639: 633: 607: 601: 517: 514: 502: 1: 7293:10.1088/1126-6708/2007/06/064 7233:10.1016/j.physrep.2008.08.002 6088:Lecture Notes on Gauge Theory 5181:{\displaystyle {\text{U}}(1)} 3114:Makeenko–Migdal loop equation 2819:between these interpolators. 2156:{\displaystyle V(r)+\Delta E} 7448:10.1016/0370-2693(87)90066-9 7432:"Orbifolds and Wilson Lines" 7426:Ibanez, L.E.; Nilles, H.P.; 7185:10.1016/0550-3213(87)90277-X 7103:10.1016/0550-3213(80)90507-6 7061:10.1016/0370-2693(92)91895-G 7037:"On light-like Wilson loops" 7012:Loops, Knots, Gauge Theories 6955:10.1016/0550-3213(80)90072-3 6888:10.1016/0370-2693(79)90131-X 6849:10.1016/0370-1573(83)90076-5 6777:10.1016/0370-2693(80)90400-1 6731:10.1016/0370-1573(83)90034-0 5681:Non-intersecting curve with 4683:defined iteratively so that 4437:dimensions, any object with 4093:{\displaystyle \gamma _{xy}} 1803:{\displaystyle \Lambda _{w}} 1605:Dirac quantization condition 21:Thomas Wilson Sons & Co. 6507:Quantum Fields on a Lattice 6447:Paranjape, M. (2017). "9". 6389:Greensite, J. (2020). "4". 6001:Nakahara, M. (2003). "10". 4323:{\displaystyle \gamma _{2}} 4296:{\displaystyle \gamma _{1}} 2677:{\displaystyle U_{\mu }(n)} 1113:, which is unnecessary for 37:operators arising from the 7630: 6619:10.1103/PhysRevD.73.014516 6414:Makeenko, Y. (2002). "6". 6131:10.1103/PhysRevD.83.084019 5285:, then it also holds that 5147:{\displaystyle M_{N+1}=0.} 2077:, can be interpreted as a 1491:fundamental representation 1289:local gauge transformation 613:{\displaystyle \gamma (t)} 214:and a horizontal subspace 18: 7010:Gambini, R. (2008). "3". 6678:10.1007/978-3-642-01850-3 6268:Rothe, H.J. (2005). "7". 6026:Eschrig, H. (2011). "7". 5650:{\displaystyle |W|\leq N} 4616:{\displaystyle N\times N} 4222:{\displaystyle N\times N} 4162:Schwinger–Dyson equations 2299:, where in the confining 1773:one-to-one correspondence 187:into a vertical subspace 16:Gauge field loop operator 6997:10.1103/PhysRev.175.1580 6819:10.1103/PhysRevD.21.2291 6515:10.1017/CBO9780511470783 6424:10.1017/CBO9780511535147 6368:10.1103/PhysRevD.33.2723 6170:10.1103/PhysRevD.24.2160 5988:10.1103/PhysRevD.10.2445 5870:topological field theory 5864:Topological field theory 3044:to the Coulomb phase at 2281:monotonically increasing 2121:between the quarks. The 2083:vacuum expectation value 1914:create a closed loop of 1482:{\displaystyle \phi (x)} 790:for the horizontal lift 247:fiber bundle formulation 7377:10.1007/JHEP07(2011)058 7142:10.1103/PhysRevD.24.879 6329:10.1103/PhysRevD.18.482 6219:10.1007/JHEP08(2013)115 5964:"Confinement of quarks" 5745:Additional applications 5570:{\displaystyle W=W^{*}} 5502:{\displaystyle WW=W+W.} 5188:gauge group this gives 4727:{\displaystyle M_{1}=W} 3558:{\displaystyle \gamma } 3143:{\displaystyle \gamma } 2701:{\displaystyle \gamma } 2452:{\displaystyle \sigma } 2030:{\displaystyle \gamma } 1945:is nonzero on the loop 1873:Hilbert space operators 1277:{\displaystyle t\geq 0} 913:between the two points 455:{\displaystyle g_{i}=e} 7604:Quantum chromodynamics 5904: 5816: 5786: 5760:AdS/CFT correspondence 5728: 5708: 5651: 5606: 5571: 5503: 5364: 5333: 5272: 5182: 5148: 5062: 4728: 4677: 4646: 4624:matrix representations 4617: 4591: 4457: 4431: 4411: 4324: 4303:and then going around 4297: 4270: 4223: 4189: 4154: 4134: 4114: 4094: 4064: 4009: 3786: 3661: 3629: 3609: 3579: 3559: 3539: 3499: 3338: 3309: 3244: 3224: 3204: 3184: 3144: 3124:functions of functions 3095: 3064: 3030: 3010: 2966: 2859: 2828:quenched approximation 2794: 2702: 2678: 2642: 2622: 2578: 2558: 2526: 2453: 2433: 2395: 2363: 2270: 2157: 2115: 2071: 2051: 2031: 1995: 1939: 1908: 1885:loops. Such operators 1859: 1839: 1804: 1735: 1581: 1483: 1451: 1313: 1278: 1252: 1182: 1111:path-ordering operator 1103: 1076: 900: 780: 703: 652: 614: 581: 554: 527: 483: 456: 423: 392: 349: 306: 286: 263: 242: 235: 208: 181: 154: 127: 107: 5905: 5817: 5787: 5756:scattering amplitudes 5750:Scattering amplitudes 5729: 5727:{\displaystyle \phi } 5709: 5652: 5607: 5572: 5504: 5365: 5334: 5273: 5183: 5149: 5063: 4729: 4678: 4676:{\displaystyle M_{K}} 4647: 4618: 4592: 4464:totally antisymmetric 4458: 4432: 4412: 4325: 4298: 4271: 4224: 4199:Mandelstam identities 4190: 4155: 4135: 4115: 4095: 4065: 4010: 3787: 3662: 3630: 3610: 3580: 3560: 3540: 3500: 3339: 3310: 3245: 3225: 3205: 3185: 3145: 3120:functional derivative 3096: 3065: 3031: 3011: 2967: 2860: 2795: 2703: 2679: 2648:direction denoted by 2643: 2623: 2579: 2559: 2527: 2454: 2434: 2396: 2364: 2271: 2158: 2116: 2072: 2052: 2032: 1996: 1940: 1938:{\displaystyle E^{i}} 1909: 1860: 1840: 1805: 1736: 1582: 1484: 1452: 1314: 1279: 1253: 1183: 1104: 1077: 901: 788:differential equation 781: 704: 653: 615: 582: 580:{\displaystyle x_{f}} 555: 553:{\displaystyle x_{i}} 528: 484: 482:{\displaystyle x_{f}} 457: 424: 422:{\displaystyle x_{i}} 393: 350: 307: 287: 264: 236: 234:{\displaystyle H_{p}} 209: 207:{\displaystyle V_{p}} 182: 180:{\displaystyle G_{p}} 155: 153:{\displaystyle x_{p}} 128: 108: 92: 49:which fully describe 7609:Lattice field theory 5888: 5847:is equivalent under 5806: 5766: 5718: 5689: 5616: 5581: 5520: 5377: 5343: 5289: 5271:{\displaystyle WW=W} 5192: 5161: 5078: 4741: 4687: 4660: 4652:holonomies with the 4630: 4601: 4470: 4441: 4421: 4337: 4307: 4280: 4234: 4207: 4168: 4144: 4124: 4104: 4074: 4022: 3806: 3674: 3639: 3628:{\displaystyle \mu } 3619: 3589: 3569: 3549: 3512: 3351: 3319: 3254: 3243:{\displaystyle \nu } 3234: 3223:{\displaystyle \mu } 3214: 3194: 3154: 3150:and another contour 3134: 3074: 3048: 3020: 2979: 2872: 2838: 2826:phase, assuming the 2817:correlation function 2715: 2692: 2652: 2641:{\displaystyle \mu } 2632: 2612: 2602:lattice field theory 2568: 2539: 2470: 2443: 2405: 2376: 2310: 2170: 2129: 2114:{\displaystyle V(r)} 2096: 2061: 2041: 2021: 1949: 1922: 1889: 1849: 1814: 1787: 1748:, which describes a 1628: 1597:swampland conjecture 1497: 1489:transforming in the 1464: 1326: 1312:{\displaystyle g(x)} 1294: 1262: 1192: 1122: 1089: 920: 797: 717: 662: 624: 595: 564: 537: 493: 466: 433: 406: 382: 324: 296: 276: 253: 218: 191: 164: 137: 117: 97: 67:lattice gauge theory 47:loop representations 27:quantum field theory 7563:1989CMaPh.121..351W 7369:2011JHEP...07..058C 7285:2007JHEP...06..064A 7225:2008PhR...468..153A 7177:1987NuPhB.283..342K 7134:1981PhRvD..24..879B 7095:1980NuPhB.164..171P 7053:1992PhLB..287..169K 6989:1968PhRv..175.1580M 6947:1980NuPhB.176..199K 6880:1979PhLB...88..135M 6811:1980PhRvD..21.2291G 6769:1980PhLB...95...63L 6723:1983PhR...102....1D 6611:2006PhRvD..73a4516C 6556:2006lmqc.book.....D 6360:1986PhRvD..33.2723B 6342:Bachas, C. (1986). 6321:1978PhRvD..18..482S 6303:Seiler, E. (1978). 6211:2013JHEP...08..115A 6162:1981PhRvD..24.2160G 5980:1974PhRvD..10.2445W 5920:Chern–Simons theory 5903:{\displaystyle 2+1} 5605:{\displaystyle W=N} 5457: 5157:For example, for a 4645:{\displaystyle N+1} 4580: 4533: 4504: 4456:{\displaystyle N+1} 4410:{\displaystyle W=W} 3823: 3691: 3656: 2809:Linear combinations 2596:Lattice formulation 1879:Minkowski signature 1783:of the gauge group 1038: 756: 713:valued gauge field 7571:10.1007/BF01217730 7551:Commun. Math. Phys 7155:Korchemsky, G.P.; 7014:. pp. 63–67. 6241:Peskin, Michael E. 6144:Giles, R. (1981). 5924:partition function 5900: 5812: 5782: 5762:. For example, in 5724: 5704: 5674:main features are 5647: 5602: 5567: 5499: 5440: 5360: 5329: 5268: 5178: 5144: 5058: 4724: 4673: 4642: 4613: 4587: 4537: 4505: 4473: 4453: 4427: 4407: 4320: 4293: 4266: 4219: 4185: 4150: 4130: 4110: 4090: 4060: 4005: 3809: 3782: 3677: 3657: 3642: 3625: 3605: 3575: 3565:which at position 3555: 3535: 3495: 3334: 3305: 3240: 3220: 3200: 3180: 3140: 3101:gauge theories at 3091: 3060: 3026: 3006: 2962: 2855: 2790: 2760: 2698: 2674: 2638: 2618: 2574: 2554: 2522: 2449: 2429: 2391: 2359: 2266: 2153: 2111: 2067: 2047: 2027: 2009:through the loop. 1991: 1935: 1904: 1855: 1835: 1800: 1731: 1577: 1479: 1447: 1309: 1274: 1248: 1178: 1099: 1072: 1010: 896: 776: 742: 699: 648: 610: 577: 550: 523: 479: 452: 419: 388: 360:general relativity 345: 302: 282: 259: 243: 231: 204: 177: 150: 123: 103: 39:parallel transport 7614:Phase transitions 7165:Nuclear Physics B 7083:Nuclear Physics B 7041:Physics Letters B 6935:Nuclear Physics B 6037:978-3-642-14699-2 5928:Jones polynomials 5815:{\displaystyle N} 5707:{\displaystyle Z} 5349: 5167: 4430:{\displaystyle N} 4174: 4153:{\displaystyle N} 4133:{\displaystyle y} 4113:{\displaystyle x} 3856: 3727: 3578:{\displaystyle x} 3437: 3400: 3337:{\displaystyle F} 3203:{\displaystyle x} 3118:Similarly to the 3080: 3029:{\displaystyle a} 2922: 2899: 2844: 2745: 2736: 2621:{\displaystyle n} 2577:{\displaystyle b} 2557:{\displaystyle L} 2394:{\displaystyle A} 2297:Yang–Mills theory 2292:Elitzur's theorem 2070:{\displaystyle r} 2050:{\displaystyle T} 1907:{\displaystyle W} 1858:{\displaystyle W} 1649: 1233: 1205: 1163: 1135: 879: 830: 674: 636: 391:{\displaystyle G} 366:that live in the 318:principal bundles 305:{\displaystyle G} 285:{\displaystyle M} 262:{\displaystyle d} 126:{\displaystyle M} 106:{\displaystyle P} 63:Kenneth G. Wilson 7621: 7583: 7582: 7539: 7533: 7532: 7511: 7505: 7504: 7486: 7480: 7479: 7458: 7452: 7451: 7423: 7417: 7416: 7395: 7389: 7388: 7362: 7339: 7333: 7332: 7311: 7305: 7304: 7278: 7251: 7245: 7244: 7218: 7195: 7189: 7188: 7157:Radyushkin, A.V. 7152: 7146: 7145: 7113: 7107: 7106: 7071: 7065: 7064: 7032: 7026: 7025: 7007: 7001: 7000: 6983:(5): 1580–1603. 6965: 6959: 6958: 6926: 6920: 6919: 6898: 6892: 6891: 6874:(1–2): 135–137. 6862:Makeenko, Y.M.; 6859: 6853: 6852: 6829: 6823: 6822: 6805:(8): 2291–2307. 6787: 6781: 6780: 6741: 6735: 6734: 6698: 6692: 6691: 6665: 6659: 6658: 6637: 6631: 6630: 6604: 6584: 6578: 6577: 6543: 6537: 6536: 6502: 6496: 6495: 6469: 6463: 6462: 6444: 6438: 6437: 6411: 6405: 6404: 6386: 6380: 6379: 6354:(9): 2723–2725. 6339: 6333: 6332: 6300: 6294: 6293: 6265: 6259: 6258: 6237: 6231: 6230: 6204: 6180: 6174: 6173: 6156:(8): 2160–2168. 6141: 6135: 6134: 6124: 6097: 6091: 6090: 6076: 6067: 6066: 6048: 6042: 6041: 6023: 6017: 6016: 5998: 5992: 5991: 5974:(8): 2445–2459. 5956: 5930:of knot theory. 5922:to relate their 5909: 5907: 5906: 5901: 5821: 5819: 5818: 5813: 5791: 5789: 5788: 5783: 5775: 5774: 5733: 5731: 5730: 5725: 5713: 5711: 5710: 5705: 5656: 5654: 5653: 5648: 5640: 5623: 5611: 5609: 5608: 5603: 5576: 5574: 5573: 5568: 5563: 5562: 5547: 5546: 5514:unitary matrices 5508: 5506: 5505: 5500: 5492: 5491: 5479: 5478: 5456: 5448: 5436: 5435: 5414: 5413: 5395: 5394: 5369: 5367: 5366: 5361: 5350: 5347: 5338: 5336: 5335: 5330: 5301: 5300: 5277: 5275: 5274: 5269: 5264: 5263: 5251: 5250: 5229: 5228: 5210: 5209: 5187: 5185: 5184: 5179: 5168: 5165: 5153: 5151: 5150: 5145: 5134: 5133: 5109: 5108: 5096: 5095: 5067: 5065: 5064: 5059: 5051: 5050: 5032: 5031: 5013: 5012: 5000: 4999: 4987: 4986: 4965: 4964: 4946: 4945: 4933: 4932: 4914: 4913: 4901: 4900: 4885: 4884: 4866: 4865: 4853: 4852: 4840: 4839: 4812: 4811: 4787: 4786: 4774: 4773: 4733: 4731: 4730: 4725: 4699: 4698: 4682: 4680: 4679: 4674: 4672: 4671: 4651: 4649: 4648: 4643: 4622: 4620: 4619: 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2438: 2436: 2435: 2430: 2400: 2398: 2397: 2392: 2368: 2366: 2365: 2360: 2358: 2357: 2285:concave function 2275: 2273: 2272: 2267: 2256: 2255: 2234: 2233: 2218: 2217: 2162: 2160: 2159: 2154: 2120: 2118: 2117: 2112: 2076: 2074: 2073: 2068: 2056: 2054: 2053: 2048: 2036: 2034: 2033: 2028: 2000: 1998: 1997: 1992: 1978: 1961: 1960: 1944: 1942: 1941: 1936: 1934: 1933: 1913: 1911: 1910: 1905: 1864: 1862: 1861: 1856: 1844: 1842: 1841: 1836: 1831: 1826: 1825: 1809: 1807: 1806: 1801: 1799: 1798: 1740: 1738: 1737: 1732: 1727: 1726: 1720: 1719: 1713: 1712: 1700: 1699: 1690: 1689: 1677: 1676: 1664: 1663: 1657: 1656: 1650: 1647: 1586: 1584: 1583: 1578: 1573: 1572: 1554: 1553: 1541: 1540: 1525: 1524: 1515: 1514: 1488: 1486: 1485: 1480: 1456: 1454: 1453: 1448: 1440: 1439: 1427: 1426: 1411: 1410: 1398: 1397: 1379: 1378: 1357: 1356: 1344: 1343: 1318: 1316: 1315: 1310: 1283: 1281: 1280: 1275: 1257: 1255: 1254: 1249: 1235: 1234: 1226: 1211: 1207: 1206: 1198: 1187: 1185: 1184: 1179: 1165: 1164: 1156: 1141: 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Lett. B 7433: 7429: 7422: 7419: 7414: 7408: 7404: 7401:(1998). "8". 7400: 7394: 7391: 7386: 7382: 7378: 7374: 7370: 7366: 7361: 7356: 7352: 7348: 7344: 7338: 7335: 7330: 7324: 7320: 7317:(2014). "4". 7316: 7310: 7307: 7302: 7298: 7294: 7290: 7286: 7282: 7277: 7272: 7268: 7264: 7260: 7256: 7250: 7247: 7242: 7238: 7234: 7230: 7226: 7222: 7217: 7212: 7208: 7204: 7200: 7194: 7191: 7186: 7182: 7178: 7174: 7170: 7166: 7162: 7158: 7151: 7148: 7143: 7139: 7135: 7131: 7127: 7123: 7119: 7112: 7109: 7104: 7100: 7096: 7092: 7088: 7084: 7080: 7076: 7070: 7067: 7062: 7058: 7054: 7050: 7046: 7042: 7038: 7031: 7028: 7023: 7017: 7013: 7006: 7003: 6998: 6994: 6990: 6986: 6982: 6978: 6974: 6970: 6964: 6961: 6956: 6952: 6948: 6944: 6940: 6936: 6932: 6925: 6922: 6917: 6911: 6907: 6903: 6897: 6894: 6889: 6885: 6881: 6877: 6873: 6869: 6868:Phys. Lett. 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quantum field theory
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loops
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order operators
confinement
Kenneth G. Wilson
lattice gauge theory
operators
't Hooft loops
Polyakov loops
Example of a principal bundle displaying the base spacetime manifold along with its fibers. It also displays how at every point along the fiber the tangent space can be split up into a vertical subspace pointing along the fiber and a horizontal subspace orthogonal to it.
fiber bundle formulation
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principal bundles
general relativity
tangent vectors
tangent spaces
connection
vertical
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Lie-algebra
differential equation
path-ordering operator
abelian
local gauge transformation

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