QCD at high-energies and two-dimensional field theory

Feb, 1993
19 pages
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Report number:
  • PUPT-1319,
  • IASSNS-HEP-92-30

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Abstract:
Previous studies of high-energy scattering in QCD have shown a remarkable correspondence with two-dimensional field theory. In this paper we formulate a simple model in which this two-dimensional nature of the interactions is manifest. Starting from the (3+1)-dimensional Yang-Mills action and using the simplifications that occur for s ⁣> ⁣> ⁣ts\! >\! > \! t, we derive an effective theory which takes the form of a two-dimensional sigma-model. We show that our formulation is in agreement with known results from standard perturbation theory.
  • gauge field theory: SU(N)
  • high energy behavior
  • dimension: 4
  • effective action
  • sigma model: nonlinear
  • dimension: 2
  • scattering amplitude
  • Wilson loop
  • infrared problem