Quark confinement in gauge theories of strong interactions

Author(s):  
Leonard Susskind
1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Stumpf

In preceding papers the nonlinear spinor field with Heisenberg's dipole regularization was interpreted as a lepton-quark system. In this paper it is demonstrated that this model is able to produce electro-weak as well as strong interactions. For the analytical derivation of these interactions, in Section 1 an improved calculation technique for scattering functionals is developed which corresponds to an interaction representation of relativistic quantum fields with inclusion of bound states, and which is suited for a comparison of its results with conventional field theories, in particular gauge theories. In Section 2 the projection technique from the spinor field into the lepton-quark representation is discussed in detail. The principle which allows the derivation of the various interactions consists in the calculation and incorporation of universal (local) bosons and non-universal (non-local) bosons occuring as bound states of the spinor field, resp., leptonquark fields, into the scattering functional equation. This is performed for local bosons in Section 1 and for non-local bosons in Section 3. In Section 4 it is shown that a subsequent unitarization which corresponds to quark confinement leads to selection rules for lepton-baryon processes which qualitatively correspond to those of grand unification gauge theories. Numerical calculations will be given in subsequent papers


1976 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 347 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Gell-Mann

A descriptive review is given of gauge theories of weak, electromagnetic and strong interactions. The strong interactions are interpreted in terms of an unbroken Yang-Mills gauge theory based on SU(3) colour symmetry of quarks and gluons. The confinement mechanism of quarks, gluons and other nonsinglets is discussed. The unification of the weak and electromagnetic interactions through a broken Yang-Mills gauge theory is described. In total the basic constituents are then the quarks, leptons and gauge bosons.


2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (21) ◽  
pp. 2130012
Author(s):  
Michael Creutz

Quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of the strong interactions, involves quarks interacting with non-Abelian gluon fields. This theory has many features that are difficult to impossible to see in conventional diagrammatic perturbation theory. This includes quark confinement, mass generation and chiral symmetry breaking. This paper is a colloquium level overview of the framework for understanding how these effects come about.


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