Abstract
Abstract
In this article, we apply the world sheet approach developed in earlier work to QCD in 1+2 dimensions. The starting point is a field theory on the world sheet that reproduces the planar graphs of QCD parametrized by the light cone variables. We study the ground state of this model using a variational approximation, and show that it consists of a set graphs infinitely dense on the world sheet. The energy of this new ground state is lower than that of the empty world sheet, signaling a phase transition. Also, a finite mass is generated in the originally massless theory. Finally, we consider a particular set of time dependent fluctuations about the static ground state configuration, which result in the formation of a string on the world sheet.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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