Wilson-loop area law ↔ quark confinement: ⟨W_C⟩ ∼ exp(−σ·Area)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the lattice-field-theory subtree

Wilson's 1974 order-parameter criterion for confinement: the expectation value of a large rectangular Wilson loop of dimensions R×T in pure gauge theory decays as ⟨W_C⟩ ∼ exp(−σ·R·T) (area law) for a confining phase and as exp(−μ·(R+T))…

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