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Abelian Dominance in Wilson Loops

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v4 High Energy Physics - Lattice Mathematical Physics math.MP Nuclear Theory

Abstract

It has been conjectured that the Abelian projection of QCD is responsible for the confinement of color. Using a gauge independent definition of the Abelian projection which does {\it not} employ any gauge fixing, we provide a strong evidence for the Abelian dominance in Wilson loop integral. In specific we prove that the gauge potential which contributes to the Wilson loop integral is precisely the one restricted by the Abelian projection.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9905127,
  title  = {Abelian Dominance in Wilson Loops},
  author = {Y. M. Cho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9905127},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, no figure, revtex. Phys. Rev. D in press