Transverse Lattice Approach to Light-Front Hamiltonian QCD

Details Transverse Lattice Approach to Light-Front Hamiltonian QCD Transverse Lattice Approach to Light-Front Hamiltonian QCD

1998-06-29

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9806231v2

Phys.Rev. D59 (1999) 065008

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

55 pages, uses macro boxedeps.tex, minor corrections in revised version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.59.065008

We describe a non-perturbative procedure for solving from first principles the light-front Hamiltonian problem of SU(N) pure gauge theory in D spacetime dimensions (D>2), based on enforcing Lorentz covariance of observables. A transverse lattice regulator and colour-dielectric link fields are employed, together with an associated effective potential. We argue that the light-front vacuum is necessarily trivial for large enough lattice spacing, and clarify why this leads to an Eguchi-Kawai dimensional reduction of observables to 1+1-dimensions in the infinite N limit. The procedure is then tested by explicit calculations for 2+1-dimensional SU(infinity) gauge theory, within a first approximation to the lattice effective potential. We identify a scaling trajectory which produces Lorentz covariant behaviour for the lightest glueballs. The predicted masses, in units of the measured string tension, are in agreement with recent results from conventional Euclidean lattice simulations. In addition, we obtain the potential between heavy sources and the structure of the glueballs from their light-front wavefunctions. Finally, we briefly discuss the extension of these calculations to 3+1-dimensions.

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