Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology · 2012 · 68 citations · 49 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsElectromagnetismQuantum MechanicsTheoretical PhysicsElectroweak InteractionGauge TheoryQuantum ChromodynamicsQuantum Field TheoryCoherence LengthFinite Temperature Quantum ChromodynamicsStrong Coupling Constant
The transverse profile of the chromoelectric flux tubes in SU(2) and SU(3) pure gauge theories is analyzed by a simple variational ansatz using a strict analogy with ordinary superconductivity. Our method allows to extract the penetration length and the coherence length of the flux tube.
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