k-String Tension from Eguchi-Kawai Reduction

Abstract

We consider three-dimensional SU(N) gauge theories with massless Dirac or Majorana fermions in the adjoint representation. We use the Eguchi-Kawai volume reduction to two-dimensions to calculate the tension sigmak of the k-string in such theories. Under some assumptions whose validity we discuss, we derive the previously conjectured sine formula, sigmak ~ N sin pi k/N.

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