String effects in the Wilson loop: a high precision numerical test

We test numerically the effective string description of the infrared limit of lattice gauge theories in the confining regime. We consider the 3D Z2 lattice gauge theory, and we define ratios of Wilson loops such that the predictions of the effective string theory do not contain any adjustable parame...

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Main Authors: Caselle, M. (Author) , Fiorentini, Raffaele (Author) , Gliozzi, F. (Author) , Hasenbusch, Martin (Author) , Provero, P. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 1997
In: Nuclear physics. B, Particle physics
Year: 1997, Volume: 486, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 245-260
ISSN:1873-1562
DOI:10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00672-4
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00672-4
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Author Notes:M. Caselle, R. Fiore, F. Gliozzi, M. Hasenbusch, P. Provero
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Summary:We test numerically the effective string description of the infrared limit of lattice gauge theories in the confining regime. We consider the 3D Z2 lattice gauge theory, and we define ratios of Wilson loops such that the predictions of the effective string theory do not contain any adjustable parameters. In this way we are able to obtain a degree of accuracy high enough to show unambiguously that the flux-tube fluctuations are described, in the infrared limit, by an effective bosonic string theory.
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ISSN:1873-1562
DOI:10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00672-4