Instantons in rotating finite-temperature Yang-Mills gas

M. N. Chernodub (1)

1 IDP - Institut Denis Poisson

We find an instanton (caloron) solution in the finite-temperature SU(2) gluon gas subjected to (imaginary, in Euclidean spacetime) rotation. We demonstrate that the rotation decreases the temperature of the caloron and leads to the delocalization of its topological charge over fractionally charged constituents. Furthermore, we show that in the high-temperature limit, the rapidly-rotating caloron becomes a ``circulon'': a self-dual monopole (dyon) possessing a spatial toroidal core.

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Phénoménologie [hep-ph]; Electrons fortement corrélés [cond-mat.str-el]

M. N. Chernodub. Instantons in rotating finite-temperature Yang-Mills gas. 2022. ⟨hal-03749552⟩