Stochastic confinement and dimensional reduction. (I). Four-dimensional SU(2) lattice gauge theory

Summary, in English

By Monte Carlo calculations on a 12⁴ lattice we investigate four-dimensional SU(2) lattice gauge theory with respect to the conjecture that at large distances this theory reduces approximately to two-dimensional SU(2) lattice gauge theory. We find good numerical evidence for this conjecture. As a by-product we also measure the SU(2) string tension and find reasonable agreement with scaling. The "adjoint string tension" is also found to have a reasonable scaling behaviour.

• Författare: J. Ambjørn; P. Olesen; C. Peterson
• Avdelning/ar: Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics
• Publiceringsår: 1984-09-10
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 189-212
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Nuclear Physics, Section B
• Volym: 240
• Issue: 2
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(84)90475-9
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: North-Holland
• Ämne: Mathematics
• Aktiv: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 0550-3213