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Title: Quark confinement dynamics

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D
; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)
  2. Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 29606 (United States)

Starting from Buchm{umlt u}ller{close_quote}s observation that a chromoelectric flux tube meson will exhibit only the Thomas-type spin-orbit interaction, we show that a model built upon the related assumption that a quark feels only a constant radial chromoelectric field in its rest frame implies a complete relativistic effective Hamiltonian that can be written explicitly in terms of quark canonical variables. The model yields linear Regge trajectories and exhibits some similarities to scalar confinement, but with the advantage of being more closely linked to QCD. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150; FG02-95ER40896
OSTI ID:
562424
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D, Vol. 55, Issue 9; Other Information: PBD: May 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English