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't hooft operator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
't hooft -op-er-a-tor
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Introduced by Gerard 't Hooft in the 1978 paper On the phase transition towards permanent quark confinement.

Inflected Forms

't Hooft operators (plural)

Questions

What does 't hooft operator mean?
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.
Where does 't hooft operator come from?
Introduced by Gerard 't Hooft in the 1978 paper On the phase transition towards permanent quark confinement.

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