Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2000-02-11
Annals Phys. 285 (2000) 185-220
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
RevTeX, 46 pages, 1 eps-figure
Scientific paper
10.1006/aphy.2000.6078
$QCD_2$ with fermions in the adjoint representation is invariant under $SU(N)/Z_N$ and thereby is endowed with a non-trivial vacuum structure (k-sectors). The static potential between adjoint charges, in the limit of infinite mass, can be therefore obtained by computing Wilson loops in the pure Yang-Mills theory with the same non-trivial structure. When the (Euclidean) space-time is compactified on a sphere $S^2$, Wilson loops can be exactly expressed in terms of an infinite series of topological excitations (instantons). The presence of k-sectors modifies the energy spectrum of the theory and its instanton content. For the exact solution, in the limit in which the sphere is decompactified, a k-sector can be mimicked by the presence of k-fundamental charges at $\infty$, according to a Witten's suggestion. However this property neither holds before decompactification nor for the genuine perturbative solution which corresponds to the zero-instanton contribution on $S^2$.
Bassetto Antonio
Griguolo Luca
Vian Federica
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