1999/12/23 by Tamás G. Kovács, T. G. Kovács, Kovács, T. G. +2
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #hep-lat
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-lat/9912051
12 pages, LaTeX file, 2 epsf figures. Contribution to the Proceedings of the workshop ``Lattice fermions and the structure of the vacuum'', 5-9 October 1999, Dubna, Russia
openalex publication_date 1999/12/23 · arxiv created 1999/12/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We review recent developments in the vortex picture of confinement. We discuss numerical simulations demonstrating that the entire asymptotic string tension is due to vortex-induced fluctuations of the Wilson loop. Analytical and numerical results concerning the presence of vortices as the necessary and sufficient condition for confinement at arbitrarily weak coupling in SU(N) gauge theories are also discussed.