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Title: String calculation of QCD Wilson loops on arbitrary surfaces

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)
 [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 04011 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachustts 02254 (United States)

Compact string expressions are found for nonintersecting Wilson loops in SU([ital N]) Yang-Mills theory on any surface (orientable or nonorientable) as a weighted sum over covers of the surface. All terms from the coupled chiral sectors of the 1/[ital N] expansion of the Wilson loop expectation values are included.

DOE Contract Number:
FG02-92ER40706
OSTI ID:
6405100
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 51:8; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English