Dual Higgs Theory for Color Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics

Abstract

Based on the dual superconductor picture, we study the confinement phenomena systematically, using the lattice QCD, the monopole-current dynamics and the dual Ginzburg-Landau (DGL) theory. (1) We study the origin of abelian dominance for the confinement force in the maximally abelian (MA) gauge in terms of the gluon-field properties using the lattice QCD. In the MA gauge, the off-diagonal gluon amplitude is strongly suppressed, and the off-diagonal gluon phase tends to be random, according to the weakness of the constraint from the QCD action. Within the random-variable approximation for the off-diagonal gluon phase, we show the perimeter law of the off-diagonal gluon contribution to the Wilson loop, i.e. abelian dominance for the string tension, in the semi-analytical manner. (2) We study the QCD-monopole structure in terms of the gluon field, using the lattice QCD in the MA gauge. Around the monopole, both abelian and off-diagonal parts of the QCD action become large, however, due to the cancellation between them, monopoles can appear in QCD without large cost of the QCD action. (3) We derive a simple relation between the confinement force and the monopole density by idealizing the monopole contribution to the Wilson loop. (4) We study the monopole current dynamics. (5) We consider the derivation of the DGL theory from the monopole ensemble. (6) We study the QCD phase transition at finite temperatures in the DGL theory. (7) We apply the DGL theory for the hadron-bubble formation in early Universe and quark-gluon-plasma formation process in the ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collision.