Spectrum of confining strings in SU(N) gauge theories
Ημερομηνία
2002ISSN
1029-8479Source
Journal of High Energy PhysicsVolume
6Issue
1Pages
161-184Google Scholar check
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We study the spectrum of the confining strings in four-dimensional SU(N) gauge theories. We compute, for the SU(4) and SU(6) gauge theories formulated on a lattice, the string tensions σk related to sources with ZN charge k, using Monte Carlo simulations. Our results are consistent with the sine formula σk/σ = sin k NπNsin Nπ for the ratio between σk and the standard string tension σ. For the SU(4) and SU(6) cases the accuracy is approximately 1% and 2%, respectively. The sine formula is known to emerge in various realizations of supersymmetric SU(N) gauge theories. On the other hand, our results show deviations from Casimir scaling. We also discuss an analogous behavior exhibited by two-dimensional SU(N) × SU(N) chiral models. © SISSA/ISAS 2003.