Strings in SU(N) gauge theories in 2+1 dimensions: beyond the fundamental representation

dc.creatorBringoltz, Barak
dc.creatorTeper, Michael
dc.date2007-08-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:42:02Z
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dc.descriptionWe calculate energies and tensions of closed k-strings in (2+1)-dimensional SU(N) gauge theories with N=4,5,6,8. When we study the dependence of the ground state energy on the string length, we find that it is well described by a Nambu-Goto (NG) free bosonic string for large lengths. At shorter lengths we see deviations which we fit, and this allows us to control the systematic error involved in extracting the tension. We compare the resulting string tensions with Casimir scaling, which we find to be lower than our data by 1%-4%. Extrapolating our results to N=oo we see that our data fits more naturally to 1/N rather than 1/N^2 corrections. Finally, we see that the full spectrum of the k-string states falls into sectors that belong to particular irreducible representations of SU(N).
dc.description7 pages, 8 figures, Presented by BB at the XXV International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, July 30 - August 4 2007, Regensburg, Germany
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3447
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3447
dc.identifierPoSLAT2007:291,2007
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/200744
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Lattice
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleStrings in SU(N) gauge theories in 2+1 dimensions: beyond the fundamental representation
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