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The static three-quark SU(3) and four-quark SU(4) potentials

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2008-11-26 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We present results on the static three- and four-quark potentials in SU(3) and SU(4) respectively within quenched lattice QCD. We use an analytic multi-hit procedure for the time links and a variational approach to determine the ground state. The three- and four-quark potentials extracted are consistent with a sum of two-body potentials, possibly with a weak many-body component. The results give support to the Δ\Delta ansatz for the baryonic area law.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0107006,
  title  = {The static three-quark SU(3) and four-quark SU(4) potentials},
  author = {C. Alexandrou and Ph. de Forcrand and A. Tsapalis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0107006},
  year   = {2008}
}

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improved formatting of figures, typo corrected