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8-type electric flux tube solutions in SU(3) gauge theory

  • Jude Pereira
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Abstract

We consider electric flux tube solutions in SU(3) gauge theory with scalar fields in the fundamental representation, for an electric field in the λ8 direction (8-type). In temporal gauge, the 3-type electric field rotates within a single SU(2) subgroup at one frequency, whereas the 8-type electric field necessarily rotates within three SU(2) subgroups with at least two different frequencies. We construct the homogeneous 8-type electric field with three scalar fields and show that two scalar fields are sufficient only on a one-parameter family of gauge field backgrounds. Like the 3-type field, the homogeneous 8-type field is immune to decay through Schwinger pair production of gauge bosons. We then construct an 8-type electric string solution in temporal gauge. Its electric field is of 8-type on the string axis and, unlike the 3-type string, the string is only net color neutral, which results in a weak radial electric field.

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@misc{pereira20268type,
  title = {{8-type electric flux tube solutions in SU(3) gauge theory}},
  author = {Jude Pereira},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.29087},
  eprint = {2610.29087},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.29087},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - 8-type electric flux tube solutions in SU(3) gauge theory
AU  - Jude Pereira
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/21
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.29087
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.29087
AB  - We consider electric flux tube solutions in SU(3) gauge theory with scalar fields in the fundamental representation, for an electric field in the λ_8 direction (8-type). In temporal gauge, the 3-type electric field rotates within a single SU(2) subgroup at one frequency, whereas the 8-type electric field necessarily rotates within three SU(2) subgroups with at least two different frequencies. We construct the homogeneous 8-type electric field with three scalar fields and show that two scalar fields are sufficient only on a one-parameter family of gauge field backgrounds. Like the 3-type field, the homogeneous 8-type field is immune to decay through Schwinger pair production of gauge bosons. We then construct an 8-type electric string solution in temporal gauge. Its electric field is of 8-type on the string axis and, unlike the 3-type string, the string is only net color neutral, which results in a weak radial electric field.
ER  -