From Perturbation Theory to Confinement: How the String Tension is built up

Perez, Margarita Garcia; Gonzalez-Arroyo, Antonio; Martinez, Pablo

From Perturbation Theory to Confinement: How the String Tension is built up

Authors

Perez, Margarita Garcia

Gonzalez-Arroyo, Antonio

Martinez, Pablo

Description

We study the spatial volume dependence of electric flux energies for SU(2) Yang-Mills fields on the torus with twisted boundary conditions. The results approach smoothly the rotational invariant Confinement regime. The would-be string tension is very close to the infinite volume result already for volumes of $(1.2 \ {\rm fm.})^3$. We speculate on the consequences of our result for the Confinement mechanism.
6p, ps-file (uuencoded). Contribution to Lattice'93 Conference (Dallas, 1993). Preprint INLO-PUB 18/93, FTUAM-93/40