Gluon chain model of the confining force

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 285-308

  Greensite, Jeff ^a,b   Thorn, Charles B ^b,c,d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

1 N expansion; Confinement; Nonperturbative Effects; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044490697     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/02/014     Document Type: Article

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