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Effective Theory of QCD

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Lattice Mathematical Physics math.MP Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We derive a generalized Skyrme-Faddeev action as the effective action of QCD in the low energy limit. Our result demonstrates the existence of a mass gap in QCD which triggers the confinement of color.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/9905215,
  title  = {Effective Theory of QCD},
  author = {Y. M. Cho and Haewon Lee and D. G. Pak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9905215},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 page, no figure

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