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We derive a confining $ q \bar{q}$ Bethe--Salpeter equation starting from the same assumptions on the Wilson loop integral already adopted in the derivation of a semirelativistic heavy quark potential. We show that, by standard…
We review our recent results \cite{bsult} on the derivation of a B-S equation in QCD in a Wilson loop context. We work in a second order formalism, use the Feynman--Schwinger path integral representation for a quark in external field and…
We extend to regular QCD the derivation of a confining $ q \bar{q}$ Bethe--Salpeter equation previously given for the simplest model of scalar QCD in which quarks are treated as spinless particles. We start from the same assumptions on the…
I revue the so called Wilson loop approach to bound state problem in QCD. I shall show how using appropriate path integral representations for the quark propagator in an external field it is possible to obtain corresponding path integral…
Starting from a path integral representation of appropriate 4-point and 2-point gauge invariant Green functions and from the "Modified Area Law" model for the evaluation of the Wilson loop, a q \bar q Bethe-Salpeter like equation and a…
It is shown that the semirelativistic $q \bar{q}$ potential, the relativistic flux tube model and a confining Bethe--Salpeter equation can be derived from QCD first principles in a unified point of view.
Wilson loop averages are evaluated for large contours and in the large N limit by means of minimal surfaces. This allows the study of the quark-antiquark gauge invariant Green function through its dependence on Wilson loops. A covariant…
The large-distance dynamics in quarkonium systems is investigated, in the large N limit, through the saturation of Wilson loop averages by minimal surfaces. Using a representation for the quark propagator in the presence of the external…
We investigate the connection between relativistic potential models for quark-antiquark bound states and the nonrelativistic models that have been used successfully to fit and predict the spectra of relativistic systems. We use Martin's…
We give a nonperturbative derivation of the Bethe--Salpeter equation based on the Feynman--Schwinger path integral representation of the one--particle propagator in an external field. We apply the method to the quark--antiquark system in…
The $Q \bar{Q}$ semirelativistic interaction in QCD can be simply expressed in terms of the Wilson loop and its functional derivatives. In this approach we present the $Q \bar{Q}$ potential up to order $1/m^2$ using the expressions for the…
We briefly discuss the quark-antiquark Bethe-Salpeter equation and the quark Dyson-Schwinger equation derived in preceding papers. We also consider the q-qbar quadratic mass operator M^{2} = (w_{1} + w_{2})^{2} + U obtained by…
The quark-antiquark gauge invariant Green function is studied through its dependence on Wilson loops. The latter are saturated, in the large Nc limit and for large contours, by minimal surfaces. A covariant bound state equation is derived…
The derivation of the $ q \bar q $ and the $ 3q $ potential for two dynamical quarks in a Wilson--loop context is reviewed. Some improvements are introduced. Only the usual assumptions in the evaluation of the Wilson loop integrals and…
The semi-relativistic quark potential model is surprisingly powerful for heavy-light systems if the bound state equation is treated correctly using 1/m_Q expansion with heavy quark mass m_Q. We elucidate the reasons why our…
The generalization of the effective action [1] of the quark--antiquark system in the confining vacuum is performed for the case of arbitrary quark masses. The interaction of quarks is described by the averaged Wilson loop for which we use…
In this paper we give a new derivation of the quark-antiquark potential in the Wilson loop context. This makes more explicit the approximations involved and enables an immediate extension to the three-quark case. In the $q\overline{q}$ case…
The mass spectrum of heavy pseudoscalar mesons, described as quark-antiquark bound systems, is considered within the Bethe-Salpeter formalism with momentum dependent masses of the constituents. This dependence is found by solving the…
The mass spectrum of heavy pseudoscalar mesons, described as quark-antiquark bound systems, is considered within the Bethe-Salpeter formalism with momentum-dependent masses of the constituents. This dependence is found by solving the…
The complete $ q\bar{q}$ semirelativistic interaction is obtained as a gauge-invariant function of the Wilson loop and its functional derivatives. The approach is suitable for analytic evaluations as well as for lattice calculations. Here…