Confining Classical Configurations
Abstract
We construct a family of smooth, almost self-dual, non-thermalized SU(2) gauge field configurations, and measure the average of the fundamental, adjoint and spin 32 representation Wilson loops on them. We get area law in all three cases. We also study thermalised configurations at β= 2.325 after cooling. The ratio of string tension in the spin j representation over that in the fundamental, stays constant with cooling.
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