Kosterlitz-Thouless transition on the worldsheet of the QCD string
| dc.creator | Meyer, Harvey B. | |
| dc.date | 2005-09-22 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T13:08:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T13:08:02Z | |
| dc.description | We investigate the properties of the QCD string in the Euclidean SU(N) pure gauge theory when the space-time dimensions transverse to it are periodic. We propose a generalisation of the Luscher-Weisz effective string action for the flux-tube energy levels at finite L_perp. As the size of one transverse dimension is varied, we predict a Kosterlitz-Thouless transition of the worldsheet field theory driven by vortices, after which the periodic component of the worldsheet displacement vector develops a mass gap and the effective central charge drops by one unit. The universal properties of the transition are emphasized. | |
| dc.description | LAT05 proceedings; 6 pages, 2 figures, uses PoS.cls | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/0509081 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/0509081 | |
| dc.identifier | PoS LAT2005 (2005) 278 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/228289 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Lattice | |
| dc.title | Kosterlitz-Thouless transition on the worldsheet of the QCD string | |
| dc.type | text |