Solving pure Yang-Mills theory in 2+1 dimensions

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2006-06-09

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American Physical Society

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We analytically compute the spectrum of the spin zero glueballs in the planar limit of pure Yang-Mills theory in 2+1 dimensions. The new ingredient is provided by our computation of a new nontrivial form of the ground state wave functional. The mass spectrum of the theory is determined by the zeroes of Bessel functions, and the agreement with large N lattice data is excellent.

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abelian gauge-theories, glueball mass-spectrum, string theory, 2-dimensional qcd, limit, gap, Physics

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Leigh, RG ; Minic, D ; Yelnikov, A, Jun 9, 2006. “Solving pure Yang-Mills theory in 2+1 dimensions,” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 96(22): 222001. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.222001