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The Coulomb potential in gauge theory with a dilaton

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

I calculate the potential of a pointlike particle carrying SU(Nc)(N_c) charge in a gauge theory with a dilaton. The solution depends on boundary conditions imposed on the dilaton: For a dilaton that vanishes at infinity the resulting potential is of the form (r+rϕ)1(r+r_\phi)^{-1}, with rϕr_\phi inverse proportional to the decay constant of the dilaton. Another natural constraint for the dilaton ϕ\phi is independence of 1g2exp(ϕfϕ)\frac{1}{g^2}\exp(\frac{\phi}{f_\phi}) from the gauge coupling gg. This requirement yields a potential proportional to rr and makes it impossible to create an isolated SU(Nc)(N_c) charge.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9701047,
  title  = {The Coulomb potential in gauge theory with a dilaton},
  author = {Rainer Dick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9701047},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, LaTex, uses amssymb. A note and a reference added