The spatial string tension in the deconfined phase of three-dimensional QCD in the large N limit

2009/06/16 by Joe Kiskis, J. Kiskis, Rajamani Narayanan +1
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-lat #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2009.08.015

published as Phys.Lett.B679:535-538,2009 · 8 pages, 1 table, 5 figures

arxiv created 2009/06/16 · openalex publication_date 2009/08/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We numerically compute the spatial string tension in the deconfined phase of three dimensional QCD in the large N limit. Our results clearly show that the string tension grows linearly with temperature.

Citations

• Computation of the string tension in four-dimensional Yang–Mills theory using large N reduction
• Computation of the string tension in three dimensional Yang-Mills theory using largeNreduction