SU(3) string tension and the presence of vortices

DOI10.1016/S0920-5632(99)85139-1MaRDI QIDQ5961322zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tamas Kovacs, E. T. Tomboulis

Publication date 24 April 2002

Published in Nuclear Physics. B. Proceedings Supplements (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/9808046

zbMATH Keywords

lattice simulationsSU(3) heavy quark potentialWilson loop fluctuations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

Abstract: Lattice simulations are presented showing the expectation of the fluctuation of the Wilson loop solely by elements of the center to fully reproduce the SU(3) heavy quark potential. The results are stable under smoothing, and point to thick vortices as being responsible for the full SU(3) tension. An analytic result on the necessary presence of thick vortices for confinement at weak coupling is also presented.

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