't Hooft operator en · NOUN
Etymology
Introduced by Gerard 't Hooft in the 1978 paper On the phase transition towards permanent quark confinement.
Meanings
- A dual version of the Wilson loop in which the electromagnetic potential A is replaced by its electromagnetic dual Aᵐᵃᵍ, where the exterior derivative of A is equal to the Hodge dual of the exterior derivative of Aᵐᵃᵍ.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 't Hooft operators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |