FIELDS, PARTICLES, AND NUCLEI

Chiral symmetry breaking and monopole condensation in QCD

M. N. Chernodub^a, I. E. Kozlov<sup>b

a</sup> Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117259 Moscow, Russia
^b Moscow State University, Dept. of Physics, 119899 Moscow, Russia

Abstract: We show that in the dual superconductor picture of the QCD vacuum the presence of the monopole condensate inevitably leads to the breaking of the chiral symmetry.

PACS: 11.30.Rd, 12.38.Aw

Received: 14.02.2005

Language: English

 English version: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2005, 81:6, 245–248

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