Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2004-07-07
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
18 pages, LaTeX; discussion of QCD string expanded and references added
Scientific paper
We study the large N (planar) limit of pure SU(N) 2+1 dimensional Yang-Mills theory (YM_{2+1}) using a gauge-invariant matrix parameterization introduced by Karabali and Nair. This formulation crucially relies on the properties of local holomorphic gauge invariant collective fields in the Hamiltonian formulation of YM_{2+1}. We show that the spectrum in the planar limit of this theory can be explicitly determined in the $N=\infty$, low momentum (large 't Hooft coupling) limit, using the technology of the Eguchi-Kawai reduction and the existing knowledge concerning the one-matrix model. The dispersion relation describing the planar YM_{2+1} spectrum reads as $\omega(\vec{k}) = \sqrt{{\vec{k}}^2 + m_n^2}$, where $n=1,2,...$ and $m_n = n m_r$, where $m_r$ denotes the renormalized mass, the bare mass m being determined by the planar 't Hooft coupling $g_{YM}^2 N$ via $m= \frac{g_{YM}^2 N}{2 \pi}$. The planar, low momentum limit, also captures the expected short and long distance physics of YM_{2+1} and gives an interesting new picture of confinement. The computation of the spectrum is possible due to a reduction of the YM_{2+1} Hamiltonian for the large 't Hooft coupling to the {\it singlet} sector of an effective one matrix model. The crucial observation is that the correct vacuum (the large N master field), consistent with the area law and the existence of a mass gap, is described by an effective quadratic matrix model, in the large N, large 't Hooft coupling limit.
Leigh Robert G.
Minic Djordje
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