ar X iv : h ep - t h / 95 05 16 0 v 1 2 5 M ay 1 99 5 A General Relativistic Model for Confinement in SU ( 2 ) Yang - Mills Theory

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Using the N = 4 topological reformulation of N = 2 strings, we compute all loop partition function for special compactifications of N = 2 strings as a function of target moduli. We also reinterpret N = 4 topological amplitudes in terms of slightly modified N = 2 topological amplitudes. We present some preliminary evidence for the conjecture that N = 2 strings is the large N limit of Holomorphic...

ar X iv : h ep - t h / 95 05 05 9 v 1 1 0 M ay 1 99 5 orthochronous The Conformal Spin and Statistics Theorem

ar X iv : h ep - t h / 98 05 13 7 v 1 2 1 M ay 1 99 8 Trying to Understand Confinement in the Schrödinger Picture

We study the gauge-invariant gaussian ansatz for the vacuum wave functional and show that it potentially posseses many desirable features of the Yang–Mills theory, like asymptotic freedom, mass generation through the transmutation of dimensions and a linear potential between static quarks. We point out that these (and other) features can be studied in a systematic way by combining perturbative ...

ar X iv : h ep - t h / 97 03 03 6 v 2 2 9 A pr 1 99 7 1 M - Theory , Torons and Confinement

We study the decompactification limit of M-theory superpotentials for N = 1 four dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories. These superpotentials can be interpreted as generated by toron configurations. The connection with the confinement picture in the maximal abelian gauge is discussed. Polyakov's compact electrodynamics in three dimensions [1] constitutes a pardigmatic model for electric con...

ar X iv : h ep - t h / 95 11 17 9 v 1 2 5 N ov 1 99 5 UNIVERSALITY FOR SU ( 2 ) YANG - MILLS THEORY IN ( 2 + 1 ) D

The Green's Function Monte Carlo method of Chin et al is applied to SU(2) Yang-Mills theory in (2+1)D. Accurate measurements are obtained for the ground-state energy and mean plaquette value, and for various Wilson loops. The results are compared with series expansions and coupled cluster estimates, and with the Euclidean Monte Carlo results of Teper. A striking demonstration of universality be...