
arXiv:2210.02701v1 [hep-ph] 6 Oct 2022
Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings 00 (2022) 1–7
Nuclear
and
Particle
Physics
Proceed-
ings
Quark confinement in QCD in the ’t Hooft limit
Marco Frascaa,1, Anish Ghoshalb, Stefan Grootec
aVia Erasmo Gattamelata, 3, 00176 Rome (Italy)
bINFN, Rome, Italy and Warsaw University, Poland
cUniversity of Tartu, Estonia
Abstract
We treat quantum chromodynamics (QCD) using a set of Dyson-Schwinger equations derived, in differential form, with the Bender-
Milton-Savage technique. In this way, we are able to derive the low energy limit that assumes the form of a non-local Nambu-Jona-
Lasinio model. The corresponding gap equation is then studied to show that such a model has no free quarks in the low-energy
limit.
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1. Introduction
Understanding quark confinement is one of the most outstanding problem in QCD. Some criteria have been devised
(e.g. [1, 2]) but a first principle proof is not known yet. Some theory are shown to confine as in supersymmetric Yang-
Mills theory [3–5] or standard Yang-Mills theory [6] where the exact beta function was obtained. Indeed, the gluon
propagator is also known in closed form with more or less fitting parameters [7–11]). It should be emphasized that it is
essential to obtain the low-energy limit of QCD from first principles as this opens up a wealthy number of applications
in several fields ranging from nuclear physics to cosmology. With the given results in Yang-Mills theory, this can be
accomplished. The relevant approximations involved are strong coupling limit and ’t Hooft limit of number of colors
running to infinity keeping the product of the number of colors and the square of coupling constant [12, 13]. We will
obtain such a limit and prove quark confinement in the ’t Hooft limit [14].
2. Bender-Milton-Savage technique
Our approach is based on the Bender-Milton-Savage (BMS) technique that permits to derive the Dyson-Schwinger
equations in PDE form [15]. This technique can be better explained referring to a scalar field. Therefore, we consider
the following partition function
Z[j]=Z[Dφ]eiS (φ)+iRd4x j(x)φ(x).(1)
∗Talk given at 25th International Conference in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD 22), 4 - 7 July 2022, Montpellier - FR
Email address: marcofrasca@mclink.it (Marco Frasca)
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