ACTION AND TOPOLOGICAL DENSITY CARRIED BY ABELIAN MONOPOLES IN FINITE-TEMPERATURE PURE SU(2) GAUGE-THEORY - AN ANALYSIS USING RG SMOOTHING - ART. NO. 094502

We test a new parametrization of a suitably truncated classically perf ect action for SU(2) pure gauge theory with respect to self-consistenc y and locate the deconfinement transition on a 12(3) x 4 lattice. Usin g the technique of smoothing (blocking followed by inverse blocking) w e demonstrate clustering of action and topological charge density. Con centrating on the Abelian monopoles found in smoothed configurations a fter Abelian projection from the maximally Abelian gauge, we present e vidence for their role as carriers of non-Abelian action and topologic al charge. [S0556-2821(98)05917-7].