Published October 15, 1978 | Version v1
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Instantons, tunneling, and confinement

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, B-019, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093

Description

The relationship between instantons and confinement is dicusssed by means of several one-dimensional quantum-mechanical models. A necessary but not sufficient condition for confinement by instantons is that the vacuum be part of a continuous spectrum

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
8
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
2962-2966

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
10434161
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BAG MODEL; EUCLIDEAN SPACE; GAUGE INVARIANCE; HAMILTONIANS; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; INSTANTONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RENORMALIZATION; SPACE-TIME; TUNNEL EFFECT; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MECHANICS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; QUASI PARTICLES; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE