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k-String Tension from Eguchi-Kawai Reduction

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

We consider three-dimensional SU(N) gauge theories with massless Dirac or Majorana fermions in the adjoint representation. We use the Eguchi-Kawai volume reduction to two-dimensions to calculate the tension sigma_k of the k-string in such theories. Under some assumptions whose validity we discuss, we derive the previously conjectured sine formula, sigma_k ~ N sin pi k/N.

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@article{arxiv.1108.6196,
  title  = {k-String Tension from Eguchi-Kawai Reduction},
  author = {Adi Armoni and Daniele Dorigoni and Gabriele Veneziano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.6196},
  year   = {2015}
}

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15 pages, LaTex

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