Fermion zero modes in a chromomagnetic vortex lattice

Abstract

We prove the existence of zero modes of massless quarks in a background of spaghetti vacuum of chromomagnetic vortices in QCD. We find a general solution for the zero modes and show that the modes can be localized at pairs of vortices.

8 pages, 2 figures, v2: edited to match published version and improved figure quality