Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2006-01-28
JHEP0603:064,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
31 pages, 9 figures, typos and references corrected, minor clarifications added
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2006/03/064
We define smoothed Wilson loop operators on a four dimensional lattice and check numerically that they have a finite and nontrivial continuum limit. The continuum operators maintain their character as unitary matrices and undergo a phase transition at infinite N reflected by the eigenvalue distribution closing a gap in its spectrum when the defining smooth loop is dilated from a small size to a large one. If this large N phase transition belongs to a solvable universality class one might be able to calculate analytically the string tension in terms of the perturbative Lambda-parameter. This would be achieved by matching instanton results for small loops to the relevant large-N-universal function which, in turn, would be matched for large loops to an effective string theory. Similarities between our findings and known analytical results in two dimensional space-time indicate that the phase transitions we found only affect the eigenvalue distribution, but the traces of finite powers of the Wilson loop operators stay smooth under scaling.
Narayanan Rajamani
Neuberger Herbert
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