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Continuum strong-coupling expansion of Yang-Mills theory: quark confinement and infra-red slavery

Mansfield, P.

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P. Mansfield



Abstract

We solve Schrödinger's equation for the ground-state of four-dimensional Yang-Mills theory as an expansion in inverse powers of the coupling. Expectation values computed with the leading-order approximation are reduced to a calculation in two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory which is known to confine. Consequently the Wilson loop in the four-dimensional theory obeys an area law to leading order and the coupling becomes infinite as the mass scale goes to zero.

Citation

Mansfield, P. (1994). Continuum strong-coupling expansion of Yang-Mills theory: quark confinement and infra-red slavery. Nuclear Physics B, 418(1-2), 113-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213%2894%2990240-2

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 17, 1993
Publication Date Apr 25, 1994
Deposit Date Jun 16, 2015
Publicly Available Date Jun 16, 2015
Journal Nuclear Physics B
Print ISSN 0550-3213
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 418
Issue 1-2
Pages 113-130
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213%2894%2990240-2
Related Public URLs http://arXiv.org/abs/hep-th/9308116

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