Observation of a Coulomb flux tube

Observation of a Coulomb flux tube

In Coulomb gauge there is a longitudinal color electric field associated with a static quark-antiquark pair. We have measured the spatial distribution of this field, and find that it falls off exponentially with transverse distance from a line joining the two quarks. In other words there is a Coulom...

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Main Authors: Greensite Jeff, Chung Kristian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2018-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817512007
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spelling doaj-38f59958f4c24a06a8f656f00b70a2572021-08-02T02:04:20ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2018-01-011751200710.1051/epjconf/201817512007epjconf_lattice2018_12007Observation of a Coulomb flux tubeGreensite JeffChung KristianIn Coulomb gauge there is a longitudinal color electric field associated with a static quark-antiquark pair. We have measured the spatial distribution of this field, and find that it falls off exponentially with transverse distance from a line joining the two quarks. In other words there is a Coulomb flux tube, with a width that is somewhat smaller than that of the minimal energy flux tube associated with the asymptotic string tension. A confinement criterion for gauge theories with matter fields is also proposed.https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817512007
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description In Coulomb gauge there is a longitudinal color electric field associated with a static quark-antiquark pair. We have measured the spatial distribution of this field, and find that it falls off exponentially with transverse distance from a line joining the two quarks. In other words there is a Coulomb flux tube, with a width that is somewhat smaller than that of the minimal energy flux tube associated with the asymptotic string tension. A confinement criterion for gauge theories with matter fields is also proposed.
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