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Perturbative width of open rigid strings

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-05-24 v5 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We present perturbative calculation of the width of the energy profile of rigid strings up to two loops in D dimensions. The perturbative expansion of the extrinsic curvature term signifying the rigidity/smoothness of the string in Polyakov-Kleinert action is taken around the free Nambu-Goto string. The mean-square width of the string field is derived for open strings with Dirichlet boundary condition. We compare the broadening of the smooth Polyakov-Kleinert string to the lattice Mont-Carlo data of the QCD flux tube just before the deconfinement point and find a good match at the intermediate and large color source separation.

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@article{arxiv.1709.09446,
  title  = {Perturbative width of open rigid strings},
  author = {A. S. Bakry and M. A. Deliyergiyev and A. Galal and M. N. Khalil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.09446},
  year   = {2022}
}

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36 Pages, 6 Figures, 4 Appendices

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