Confinement, the Wilson Loop and the Gluon Propagator

Jun, 1982
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 115 (1982) 468-472
  • Published: 1982
Report number:
  • LA-UR-82-1324

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We show that if the gluon propagator has a highly singular infrared behavior (such as 1 q 4 ) in any one gauge then the Wilson loop must fall exponentially to zero with an area law, indicative of confinement. The proof of this claim follows from an inequality derived via a mean value theorem.
  • QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
  • GLUON: PROPAGATOR
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: WILSON LOOP
  • QUARK: CONFINEMENT