Continuity from superfluid dressing
The argument
Because a physical test quark in a superfluid is accompanied by a cloud of the gapless superfluid mode, and given that the physically meaningful Aharonov-Bohm phase is that of the dressed charge, the explicit finding that dressed-quasiparticle phases interpolate smoothly between the regimes implies the Aharonov-Bohm phase draws no sharp line between Higgs and confining regimes.
Does it work?
Not yet evaluated.
Premises
- UnassessedNo current assessment. Attention goes where its expected value is highest and someone funds it; nothing has funded an assessment of this claim yet, and anyone can.constitution →Aharonov-Bohm phases of dressed quark quasiparticles interpolate smoothly between Higgs and confining regimes
- InconclusiveThe evidence and argument have been examined and do not come down on either side.constitution →The physically meaningful Aharonov-Bohm phase of a test quark in a superfluid is that of the dressed charge
Where it is made
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Earlier ratings
- Aug 3, 2026
Granting its premises the inference goes through: if the physically meaningful phase is that of the dressed charge and the dressed phases interpolate smoothly between regimes, no sharp Aharonov-Bohm distinction survives. The calculational premise is an explicit lattice-model result that the opposing side does not dispute in its own terms; the argument therefore lives or dies on the definitional premise, since the counter-reply locates the distinction in an undressed line-operator phase instead.