Published September 10, 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Stochastic confinement and dimensional reduction. Pt. 1

  • 1. Nordisk Inst. for Teoretisk Atomfysik, Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • 2. Niels Bohr Inst., Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • 3. Lund Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Theoretical Physics

Description

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. (orig.)

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Subtitle (English)
Four-dimensional SU(2) lattice gauge theory

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Phys., B
Journal Volume
240
Journal Issue
2
Series
CODEN: NUPBB.;Nucl. Phys., B.
Journal Page Range
189-212
ISSN
0550-3213