TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF EXTENDED AND FRACTIONAL SU(3) MONOPOLE CURRENTS

We examine in pure SU(3) the dependence of extended monopole current k and cross species extended monopole current k(cross) on temperature t au, monopole size L, and fractional monopole charge is-proportional-to 1/q. We find that features of both k and k(cross) are sensitive to ta u for a range of L and q. For example, the spatial-temporal asymmetry ratios of both k and k(cross) are sensitive over a range of L and q to the SU(3) deconfinement transition. The motivation for studying cross , extended, and fractionally charged monopoles in SU(3) is explained.