Gluonic states in two space dimensions - art. no. 074002

We discuss the "spectroscopy" of gluonic states in systems with two space d imensions, using simple models to mimic the results of lattice gauge theory computations. We first discuss the quantum numbers of these systems, inclu ding charge conjugation. Two types of systems are discussed in detail: "glu elumps" which have a heavy adjoint color charge at the origin and glueballs which are composed entirely of glue. Both systems are discussed using the bag model and the Aux-tube model. For glueballs the model spectra are compa red with the results of Taper. Both models capture many features of the num erical results.