New results on the effective string corrections to the inter-quark potential

Details New results on the effective string corrections to the inter-quark potential New results on the effective string corrections to the inter-quark potential

2010-12-17

arxiv.org/abs/1012.3935v1

PoS LAT2010:273

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Lattice

7 pages, 1 figures, proceedings of the XXVIII Int'l Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice2010), June 14-19 2010, Villasim

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We propose a new approach to the study of the inter-quark potential in Lattice Gauge Theories. Instead of looking at the expectation value of Polyakov loop correlators we study the modifications induced in the chromoelectric flux by the presence of the Polyakov loops. In abelian LGTs, thanks to duality, this study can be performed in a very efficient way, allowing to reach high precision with a reasonable CPU cost. The major advantage of this numerical strategy is that it allows to eliminate the dominant effective string correction to the inter-quark potential (the Luscher term) thus giving an unique opportunity to test higher order corrections. Performing a set of simulations in the 3d gauge Ising model we were thus able to precisely identify and measure both the quartic and the sextic effective string corrections to the inter-quark potential. While the quartic term perfectly agrees with the Nambu-Goto one the sextic term is definitely different. Our result seems to disagree with the recent proof by Aharony and Karzbrun of the universality of the sextic correction. We discuss a few possible explanations of this disagreement. The numerical approach described above can also be applied to the study of Wilson loops. In this case, the numerical results are precise enough to test the two-loop prediction of the Nambu-Goto action. The two-loop NG result computed time ago by by Dietz and Filk is incompatible with the data; however, after correcting some mistakes in their expression, compatibility is restored. The viability of a first-order, operatorial description of the Wilson loop is also pointed out.

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