Four Dimensional Quantum Yang-Mills Theory for Weak Coupling Strength: Mass Gap Implies Quark Confinement

2024/04/16 by Simone Farinelli, Farinelli, Simone
Physics and Astronomy · #81T08 #81T13 #FOS: Mathematics #General Mathematics (math.GM) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2406.16881

openalex publication_date 2024/04/16 · openalex created_date 2024/06/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

For the quantized Yang-Mills 3+1 dimensional problem we introduce the Wilson loop, prove an extension of Elitzur's theorem and shown quark confinement for sufficiently small values of the bare coupling constant, provided the existence of the mass gap.

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