The Force Between Static Quarks

Feb, 1984
34 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 30 (1984) 1293
Report number:
  • BNL-34462

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Abstract: (APS)
We present Monte Carlo results for the force between static quarks, calculated on a large (163×32) lattice. A simulation with high statistics allows us to compute expectation values for loop factors of size up to 8×8 at several values of β in the transition region. Values and errors are tabulated; a fitting procedure is then used to evaluate the force between static quarks and, in particular, its asymptotic limit, i.e., the string tension σ. We find good agreement with scaling for β≥6, with a ratio between scale parameter Λ and σ approximately equal to 9.6 × 10−3.
  • QUARK QUARK: FORCE
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: SU(3)
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY: STRING TENSION
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY: LAMBDA PARAMETER
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: WILSON LOOP
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS: MONTE CARLO