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Loop Equations in Abelian Gauge Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-08-16 v2

Abstract

The equations obeyed by the vacuum expectation value of the Wilson loop of Abelian gauge theories are considered from the point of view of the loop-space. An approximative scheme for studying these loop-equations for lattice Maxwell theory is presented. The approximation leads to a partial difference equation in the area and length variables of the loop, and certain physically motivated ansatz is seen to reproduce the mean field results from a geometrical perspective.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0502230,
  title  = {Loop Equations in Abelian Gauge Theories},
  author = {Cayetano Di Bartolo and Lorenzo Leal and Francisco Peña},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0502230},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

7 pages, corrected typos

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