Uxue, Jimenez Hernani (2025) Realization of Higher-Form Symmetries in SU(N) Gauge Theory and their Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking. Bachelor's Thesis, Mathematics.
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Abstract
This thesis investigates the realization and spontaneous breaking of the 1-form centre symmetry in SU(N) gauge theories, focusing on pure Yang–Mills theory as a model of QCD without quarks. By employing differential forms, the work provides a geometric and topological description of symmetries and confinement. Wilson and Polyakov loops are identified as order parameters diagnosing symmetry breaking and the confinement–deconfinement transition.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Waalkens, H. and Boer, D. |
| Degree programme: | Mathematics |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2025 08:01 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2025 08:01 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/37160 |
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