Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
1995-03-15
Phys.Lett. B357 (1995) 193-198
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
7 pages plus 8 figures in 2 postscript files (uuencoded)
Scientific paper
10.1016/0370-2693(95)00902-W
The fields generated by ``quarks'' in the adjoint representation of SU(2) color are analyzed in the scaling region of the four-dimensional lattice theory. Evidence of vacuum screening of adjoint quarks is obtained from a comparison of quark-antiquark ($Q \bar Q$) flux-tubes for quarks in the adjoint (``isospin'' $j=1$) and fundamental ($j=1/2$) representations. The component ${\cal E}_j$ of the color-electric field strength in the direction parallel to the $Q \bar Q$ axis is calculated. Near the quarks the ratio of fields ${\cal E}_{j=1} / {\cal E}_{j=1/2}$ approaches the value 8/3, which is equal to the ratio of SU(2) Casimirs. In between the quarks, the ratio falls well below 8/3 at large $R$. ${\cal E}_j$ also falls off rapidly as a function of distance $x_\perp$ perpendicular to the $Q \bar Q$ axis. However, the ratio ${\cal E}_{j=1} / {\cal E}_{j=1/2}$ depends very weakly on $x_\perp$. The flux-tubes in the two representations thus appear to have very similar cross-sections. This result could imply that the QCD vacuum is dual to a type I superconductor.
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