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Yang-Mills theory in (2+1) dimensions: a short review

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

The analysis of (2+1)-dimensional Yang-Mills (YM2+1)YM_{2+1}) theory via the use of gauge-invariant matrix variables is reviewed. The vacuum wavefunction, string tension, the propagator mass for gluons, its relation to the magnetic mass for YM3+1YM_{3+1} at nonzero temperature and the extension of our analysis to the Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0204063,
  title  = {Yang-Mills theory in (2+1) dimensions: a short review},
  author = {V. P. Nair},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0204063},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

14 pages, Talk at Lightcone Workshop, Trento, 2001, to appear in Nucl.Phys.(Proc.)