Static Quark Potential from the Polyakov Sum over Surfaces
Abstract
Using the Polyakov string ansatz for the rectangular Wilson loop we calculate the static potential in the semiclassical approximation. Our results lead to a well defined sum over surfaces in the range 1<d<25.
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