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QCD Flux Tubes as Sigma Model Relics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We describe flux tubes and their interactions in a low energy sigma model induced by SU(\NF)\gotoSO(\NF)SU(\NF) \goto SO(\NF) flavor symmetry breaking in SO(Nc)SO(N_c) QCD. Gauge confinement manifests itself in the low energy theory through flux tube interactions with unscreened sources. The flux tubes which mediate confinement also illustrate an interesting ambiguity in defining global Alice strings.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9409042,
  title  = {QCD Flux Tubes as Sigma Model Relics},
  author = {K. M. Benson and A. V. Manohar and M. Saadi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9409042},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages (REVTEX) plus one figure

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