Abelian dominance in Wilson loops
Author:
- Y. M. ChoYCY. M. Cho
- 6 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 62 (7)
Abstract
It has been conjectured that the Abelian projection of QCD is responsible for the confinement of color. Using a gauge independent definition of the Abelian projection which does {\it not} employ any gauge fixing, we provide a strong evidence for the Abelian dominance in Wilson loop integral. In specific we prove that the gauge potential which contributes to the Wilson loop integral is precisely the one restricted by the Abelian projection.Comment: 4 pages, no figure, revtex. Phys. Rev. D in presKeywords
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