Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The Makeenko–Migdal loop equation is non-linear and first order in the area derivative, but we show that for simple loops in QCD2 it is possible to reformulate this equation as a linear equation with second order derivatives. This equation is a bound state Schrödinger equation with a three-dimensional Coulomb potential. Thus, loop dynamics leads to a surprising new picture of confinement, where this phenomenon is due to a (bound state) localization in loop space, with the Wilson loops decaying exponentially outside a characteristic radius.
Source: Physics Letters B
Author: Poul Olesen
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
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