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The Large N Glueball Mass Spectrum in 2+1 Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper we explore the large N limit of the glueball mass spectrum for 2+1 dimensional pure gauge theory. We employ Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory (LGT) and analytic variational techniques to calculate glueball masses for finite values of N < 26. The results are then accurately extrapolated to infinite N. An empirical observation is discussed which links the infinite N glueball spectrum to a simple oscillator model.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0303018,
  title  = {The Large N Glueball Mass Spectrum in 2+1 Dimensions},
  author = {Jesse Carlsson and Bruce H. J. McKellar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0303018},
  year   = {2007}
}