String breaking in SU(2) gauge theory with scalar matter fields

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作者
Knechtli, F [1 ]
Sommer, R [1 ]
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[1] DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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10.1016/S0370-2693(98)01098-3
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We investigate the static potential in the confinement phase of the SU(2) Higgs model on the lattice, where this model is expected to have properties similar to QCD. We observe that Wilson loops are inadequate to determine the potential at large distances, where the formation of two color-neutral mesons is expected. Introducing smeared fields and a suitable matrix correlation function, we are able to overcome this difficulty. We observe string breaking at a distance r(b) approximate to 1.8 r(0), where the length scale ro has a value r(0) approximate to 0.5 fm in QCD. The method presented here may lead the way towards a treatment of string breaking in QCD. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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