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String tension and area-law probed using quantum superposition

Quantum Physics 2012-06-12 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We propose a method for measuring the string tension in gauge theories, by considering an interference effect of mesons, which is governed by a space-time area law, due to confinement. Although it is only a gedanken experiment for real elementary particles, in the context of quantum simulations of confining gauge theories such an experiment can be realized.

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@article{arxiv.1206.2021,
  title  = {String tension and area-law probed using quantum superposition},
  author = {Erez Zohar and Benni Reznik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.2021},
  year   = {2012}
}
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