TRANSVERSE LATTICE QCD IN 2+1-DIMENSIONS

Following a suggestion due to Bardeen and Pearson, we formulate an eff ective light-front Hamiltonian for large-N gauge theory in (2 + 1)-dim ensions. Two space-time dimensions are continuous and the remaining sp ace dimension is discretised on a lattice. Eguchi-Kawai reduction to a (1 + 1)-dimensional theory takes place. We investigate the string ten sion and glueball spectrum, comparing with Euclidean Lattice Monte Car lo data.