String breaking in lattice QCD

Authors
Laermann, E DeTar, C Kaczmarek, O Karsch, F
Citation
E. Laermann et al., String breaking in lattice QCD, NUCL PH B-P, 73, 1999, pp. 447-449
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS
ISSN journal
09205632 → ACNP
Volume
73
Year of publication
1999
Pages
447 - 449
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5632(199903)73:<447:SBILQ>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The separation of a heavy quark and antiquark pair leads to the formation o f a tube of flux, or string, which should break in the presence of light qu ark-antiquark pairs. This expected zero temperature phenomenon has proven e lusive in simulations of lattice QCD. We present simulation results that sh ow that the string does break in the confining phase at nonzero temperature .