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1 Excited states of the QCD flux tube Bastian Brandt Forschungsseminar Quantenfeldtheorie

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3 Contents 1 Why flux tubes? 2 Flux tubes and Wilson loops 3 Effective stringtheories Nambu-Goto Lüscher-Weisz Polchinski-Strominger 4 Lüscher-Weisz algorithm 5 Results

4 1. Why flux tubes?

5 Introduction When QCD came up there was one big question: Where are the quarks?

6 Introduction When QCD came up there was one big question: Where are the quarks? No isolated color non-singlets are seen in nature.

7 Introduction When QCD came up there was one big question: Where are the quarks? No isolated color non-singlets are seen in nature. Color confinement: There are no isolated particles in nature, corresponding to a color non-singlet!

8 Introduction When QCD came up there was one big question: Where are the quarks? No isolated color non-singlets are seen in nature. Color confinement: There are no isolated particles in nature, corresponding to a color non-singlet! The exact mechanism of color confinement is still unknown!

9 Introduction When QCD came up there was one big question: Where are the quarks? No isolated color non-singlets are seen in nature. Color confinement: There are no isolated particles in nature, corresponding to a color non-singlet! The exact mechanism of color confinement is still unknown! Important question: What is the nature of the confining force?

10 Regge trajectories and flux tubes Regge trajectories in the hadron spectrum: [G. Bali: hep-ph/ ]

11 Regge trajectories and flux tubes Regge trajectories in the hadron spectrum: Hadronic bound states can be classified by lines with almost equal slope α when spin s is plotted against m 2, the so called Regge trajectories. [G. Bali: hep-ph/ ]

12 Regge trajectories and flux tubes Regge trajectories in the hadron spectrum: [G. Bali: hep-ph/ ] Hadronic bound states can be classified by lines with almost equal slope α when spin s is plotted against m 2, the so called Regge trajectories. Simple model: Quarks connected with a straight tube-like object, with a constant energy density σ = 1 2π α. Flux-tube System rotates with almost speed of light.

13 Regge trajectories and flux tubes Regge trajectories in the hadron spectrum: [G. Bali: hep-ph/ ] Hadronic bound states can be classified by lines with almost equal slope α when spin s is plotted against m 2, the so called Regge trajectories. Simple model: Quarks connected with a straight tube-like object, with a constant energy density σ = 1 2π α. Flux-tube System rotates with almost speed of light. More realistic: Also allow fluctuations of the flux tube.

14 Regge trajectories and flux tubes Regge trajectories in the hadron spectrum: [G. Bali: hep-ph/ ] Hadronic bound states can be classified by lines with almost equal slope α when spin s is plotted against m 2, the so called Regge trajectories. Simple model: Quarks connected with a straight tube-like object, with a constant energy density σ = 1 2π α. Flux-tube System rotates with almost speed of light. More realistic: Also allow fluctuations of the flux tube. Large distance R between quarks: Ratio thickness to length of the flux-tube is going to 0. Effective string models

15 2. Flux tubes and Wilson loops

16 Flux tubes in QCD Can flux tubes appear in QCD?

17 Flux tubes in QCD Can flux tubes appear in QCD? Yes, if for some reason the field lines of the gluonic field are concentrated in a tube-like volume.

18 Flux tubes in QCD Can flux tubes appear in QCD? Yes, if for some reason the field lines of the gluonic field are concentrated in a tube-like volume. This effect may be explained with the self interactions of the gluons. But: No derivation from first principles!

19 Flux tubes in QCD Can flux tubes appear in QCD? Yes, if for some reason the field lines of the gluonic field are concentrated in a tube-like volume. This effect may be explained with the self interactions of the gluons. But: No derivation from first principles! Look at the flux tubes in lattice calculations In order to do this we need an operator corresponding to the flux tube.

20 The correlation function for a flux tube in quenched QCD We now look at quenched QCD!

21 The correlation function for a flux tube in quenched QCD We now look at quenched QCD! Correlation function Q(R, 0) Q + (R, T ) = 1 Z E Operator for a flux tube at time τ: 0 Z ˆQ(R, τ) q(x 1, DA Dq D q Q(R, 0) Q + (R, T ) e SE YM Y y,j V(τ) 1 U j (y, τ) A q(x 2, τ)

22 The correlation function for a flux tube in quenched QCD We now look at quenched QCD! Correlation function Q(R, 0) Q + (R, T ) = 1 Z E Operator for a flux tube at time τ: 0 Spectral representation: with Z ˆQ(R, τ) q(x 1, DA Dq D q Q(R, 0) Q + (R, T ) e SE YM Y y,j V(τ) Q(R, 0) Q + (R, T ) = α(r) e E 0(R) T and 1 U j (y, τ) A q(x 2, τ)! X 1 + β k (R) e E k (R) T k=1 α(r) = η(r) Q(R, 0) 0 2, β k (R) = 1 Q(R, 0) k 2 α E k (R) = E k (R) E 0 (R)

23 From flux tubes to Wilson loops Integrate out the static quarks:

24 From flux tubes to Wilson loops Integrate out the static quarks: Limit R :

25 3. Effective string theories

26 Nambu string theory Consider the Wilson loop as the world sheet X µ (κ, τ) of a bosonic string. (κ: spatial parameter; τ: time parameter)

27 Nambu string theory Consider the Wilson loop as the world sheet X µ (κ, τ) of a bosonic string. (κ: spatial parameter; τ: time parameter) Like in the case of the relativistic point particle: The action should be proportional to the area of the worldsheet.

28 Nambu string theory Consider the Wilson loop as the world sheet X µ (κ, τ) of a bosonic string. (κ: spatial parameter; τ: time parameter) Like in the case of the relativistic point particle: The action should be proportional to the area of the worldsheet. Nambu-Goto action: S NG = 1 Z 2π α dτ Z π 0 r Ẋ 2 2 dκ µ X µ Ẋ µ (X µ ) 2

29 Nambu string theory Consider the Wilson loop as the world sheet X µ (κ, τ) of a bosonic string. (κ: spatial parameter; τ: time parameter) Like in the case of the relativistic point particle: The action should be proportional to the area of the worldsheet. Nambu-Goto action: S NG = 1 Z 2π α dτ Z π 0 r Ẋ 2 2 dκ µ X µ Ẋ µ (X µ ) 2 Search for a solution with the boundary conditions: X 1 (π, τ) = R, X 1 (0, τ) = X i (0, τ) = X i (π, τ) = 0 τ R and X 0 (0, τ) = X 0 (π, τ) = p 0 τ

30 Nambu string theory Energies in formal canonical quantization: s E n = σ R 1 + 2π n 124 «σ R (d 2) 2

31 Nambu string theory Energies in formal canonical quantization: s E n = σ R 1 + 2π n 124 «σ R (d 2) 2 But: The quantisation is only consistent with the Lorentz algebra for d = 26 and σ = 1 2π. Weyl anomaly

32 Nambu string theory Energies in formal canonical quantization: s E n = σ R 1 + 2π n 124 «σ R (d 2) 2 But: The quantisation is only consistent with the Lorentz algebra for d = 26 and σ = 1 2π. Weyl anomaly We need other effective stringtheories for the Wilson loop in 4 dimensions.

33 Lüscher-Weisz effective string theory Effective string theory for the partition function of Polyakov loop correlators.

34 Lüscher-Weisz effective string theory Effective string theory for the partition function of Polyakov loop correlators. Open-closed duality The Polyakov loop can also wind around a compactified spatial dimension.

35 Lüscher-Weisz effective string theory Effective string theory for the partition function of Polyakov loop correlators. Open-closed duality The Polyakov loop can also wind around a compactified spatial dimension. The partition function corresponds to a closed string, winding around the compactified dimension.

36 Lüscher-Weisz effective string theory Effective string theory for the partition function of Polyakov loop correlators. Open-closed duality The Polyakov loop can also wind around a compactified spatial dimension. The partition function corresponds to a closed string, winding around the compactified dimension. Duality and Nambu string theory Duality holds excactly for Nambu string theory. The energies of the closed string are: s Ẽ n = σ T 1 + 8π n 124 «σ T (d 2) 2

37 Lüscher-Weisz effective string theory The effective action consists of all terms that are consistent with locality and conformal invariance. S LW = 1 Z i dτdκ h ax i ax i Z h i 4 b dτ κx i κx i + κx κ=0 i κx i κ=r + 1 Z i dτdκ hc 1 ax i ax i b X j b X j + c 2 ax i b X i ax j b X j 4

38 Lüscher-Weisz effective string theory The effective action consists of all terms that are consistent with locality and conformal invariance. S LW = 1 Z i dτdκ h ax i ax i Z h i 4 b dτ κx i κx i + κx κ=0 i κx i κ=r + 1 Z i dτdκ hc 1 ax i ax i b X j b X j + c 2 ax i b X i ax j b X j 4 Open closed duality for S LW Demands for the coupling constants: b = 0 and (d 2) c 1 + c 2 = d 4 2 σ

39 Lüscher-Weisz effective string theory Resulting energies: E n,l ` = En 0 + π2 c R 3 1 ˆn 1 (d 2) n + α 12 n,l (c c 1) + ` π 2 d 2 [2 c 24 2 R (d 1) c 2]

40 Lüscher-Weisz effective string theory Resulting energies: E n,l Especially for d = 3: ` = En 0 + π2 c R 3 1 ˆn 1 (d 2) n + α 12 n,l (c c 1) + ` π 2 d 2 [2 c 24 2 R (d 1) c 2] E n = σ R + π R s = σ R n 1 «π π σ R 2 n 1 «2 1 + O 24 2 σ R 3 n 124 «(d 2) + O(1/R 6 ) R 5 «

41 Lüscher-Weisz effective string theory Resulting energies: E n,l Especially for d = 3: ` = En 0 + π2 c R 3 1 ˆn 1 (d 2) n + α 12 n,l (c c 1) + ` π 2 d 2 [2 c 24 2 R (d 1) c 2] E n = σ R + π R s = σ R n 1 «π π σ R 2 Agrees with Nambu up to O(1/R 5 )! n 1 «2 1 + O 24 2 σ R 3 n 124 «(d 2) + O(1/R 6 ) R 5 «

42 Polchinski-Strominger effective string theory Consider the string theory as a conformal field theory on the world sheet X µ (κ +, κ ) of the string. (We work with light-cone coordinates κ ± and in radial quantisation) The action consists of all terms in powers of 1/R that avoid the Weyl anomaly.

43 Polchinski-Strominger effective string theory Consider the string theory as a conformal field theory on the world sheet X µ (κ +, κ ) of the string. (We work with light-cone coordinates κ ± and in radial quantisation) The action consists of all terms in powers of 1/R that avoid the Weyl anomaly. Polchinski-Strominger action S PS = 1 Z» dκ + dκ H + α β 2 +X µ X µ +X ν 2 X ν 2π α H 2 with α = 1 2π σ and H +X µ X µ

44 Polchinski-Strominger effective string theory Consider the string theory as a conformal field theory on the world sheet X µ (κ +, κ ) of the string. (We work with light-cone coordinates κ ± and in radial quantisation) The action consists of all terms in powers of 1/R that avoid the Weyl anomaly. Polchinski-Strominger action S PS = 1 Z» dκ + dκ H + α β 2 +X µ X µ +X ν 2 X ν 2π α H 2 with α = 1 2π σ and H +X µ X µ Expand around the classical solution X µ cl of a closed string, wrapped around the compactified dimension x 1 with length R: Y µ X µ X µ cl with X µ cl = e µ + R 2π κ+ + e µ R 2π κ

45 Polchinski-Strominger effective string theory After a long calculation one arrives at the energies: s E n = σ R π n 124 «σ R (d 2) + O(1/R 6 ) 2 It agrees with the closed string case of Nambu string theory up to O(1/R 5 )!

46 4. Lüscher-Weisz algorithm

47 Looking for string effects in QCD How to compare effective string theories with QCD? Use computer simulations of lattice QCD and compare the results with the predictions of the effective string models.

48 Looking for string effects in QCD How to compare effective string theories with QCD? Use computer simulations of lattice QCD and compare the results with the predictions of the effective string models. Use standard Monte-Carlo methods with the ordenary plaquette action.

49 Looking for string effects in QCD How to compare effective string theories with QCD? Use computer simulations of lattice QCD and compare the results with the predictions of the effective string models. Use standard Monte-Carlo methods with the ordenary plaquette action. Use special operators for the spatial line of the Wilson loops to couple to the excited string states.

50 Looking for string effects in QCD How to compare effective string theories with QCD? Use computer simulations of lattice QCD and compare the results with the predictions of the effective string models. Use standard Monte-Carlo methods with the ordenary plaquette action. Use special operators for the spatial line of the Wilson loops to couple to the excited string states. Looking at the excited string states, we see that the ground states of the four (C, P) channels corresponds to the groundstate and the three lowest excited states.

51 Looking for string effects in QCD Calculating the eigenstates of the correlation matrix we find: (C, P) superposition energy (+, +) S 1 + S 2 + S 3 + S 4 E 0 (+, ) S 1 + S 2 S 3 S 4 E 1 (, ) S 1 S 2 S 3 + S 4 E 2 (, +) S 1 + S 2 S 3 + S 4 E 3

52 Looking for string effects in QCD Calculating the eigenstates of the correlation matrix we find: (C, P) superposition energy (+, +) S 1 + S 2 + S 3 + S 4 E 0 (+, ) S 1 + S 2 S 3 S 4 E 1 (, ) S 1 S 2 S 3 + S 4 E 2 (, +) S 1 + S 2 S 3 + S 4 E 3 Problem: We need to take loops with large time T and space R extends. Very small signal to noise ratio! (Area law for wilson loops)

53 Locality and factorization of path integrals Consider pure gauge theory on the lattice with the regular plaquette action. local gauge freedom

54 Locality and factorization of path integrals Consider pure gauge theory on the lattice with the regular plaquette action. local gauge freedom Idea: Use the gauge freedom to keep all spatial links in some time slices fixed. (We are not allowed to fix two links of one time-like plaquette!)

55 Locality and factorization of path integrals Consider pure gauge theory on the lattice with the regular plaquette action. local gauge freedom Idea: Use the gauge freedom to keep all spatial links in some time slices fixed. (We are not allowed to fix two links of one time-like plaquette!) The physics in the sublattices, separated by the fixed time-slices is independent of each other because of the locality!

56 Locality and factorization of path integrals Factorization of the action: S G [U] = β Tr X P 0 with Ssub,i G = β X Pi» 1 1 2N» 1 1 2N! `UP + U + P = Ssub,1 G + SG sub, U Pi + U + Pi 1 A

57 Locality and factorization of path integrals Factorization of the action: S G [U] = β Tr X P 0 with Ssub,i G = β X Pi» 1 1 2N» 1 1 2N! `UP + U + P = Ssub,1 G + SG sub, U 1 Pi + U + A Pi Factorization of path integrals: O = 1 Z DU O[U] e SG [U] Z = Y» Z 1 DU sub,i O sub,i [U] e SG sub,i [U] Z i sub,i Y i Osub,i sub,i with O[U] = ˆP Y i O sub,i [U]!

58 Factorization of a Wilson loop We are interested in Wilson loops: Newer version of the algorithm: The spatial lines of the Wilson loops lie in the middle of the sublattice. Wilson loop W (R, T )

59 Factorization of a Wilson loop We are interested in Wilson loops: Newer version of the algorithm: The spatial lines of the Wilson loops lie in the middle of the sublattice. Decompose the loop in the operators: S sub,i T sub,i Wilson loop W (R, T )

60 Factorization of a Wilson loop We are interested in Wilson loops: Newer version of the algorithm: The spatial lines of the Wilson loops lie in the middle of the sublattice. Decompose the loop in the operators: S sub,i T sub,i Wilson loop W (R, T ) S sub,i is a tensor of rank 2, T sub,i is a tensor of rank 4.

61 Factorization of a Wilson loop We are interested in Wilson loops: Newer version of the algorithm: The spatial lines of the Wilson loops lie in the middle of the sublattice. Decompose the loop in the operators: S sub,i T sub,i Wilson loop W (R, T ) S sub,i is a tensor of rank 2, T sub,i is a tensor of rank 4. We have to use the right multiplication to get a path-ordered Wilson loop from these operators!

62 Factorization of a Wilson loop Multiplication for two T i : h T i T i+1i = Taµcν i T i+1 µbνd abcd

63 Factorization of a Wilson loop Multiplication for two T i : h T i T i+1i = Taµcν i T i+1 µbνd abcd Multiplication for the Wilson loop (on M sublattices): W (R, T ) = S 1+ ac h T 2 T 3 T M 1i abcd S M bd We have used the abbreviations: D T i T sub,ie sub,i and S i D S sub,ie sub,i

64 Multilevel algorithm Take a thermalized lattice.

65 Multilevel algorithm Take a thermalized lattice. Divide the lattice in M sublattices.

66 Multilevel algorithm Take a thermalized lattice. Divide the lattice in M sublattices. Do sublattice updates for these parts and calculate the expectation value of the operators for them.

67 Multilevel algorithm Take a thermalized lattice. Divide the lattice in M sublattices. Do sublattice updates for these parts and calculate the expectation value of the operators for them. Multiply the expectation values to get one measurement of the desired operator. (Careful: You are not allowed to take the expectation value over all spatial positions of the operators in the different slices while doing the sublattice updates!)

68 Multilevel algorithm Take a thermalized lattice. Divide the lattice in M sublattices. Do sublattice updates for these parts and calculate the expectation value of the operators for them. Multiply the expectation values to get one measurement of the desired operator. (Careful: You are not allowed to take the expectation value over all spatial positions of the operators in the different slices while doing the sublattice updates!) Do some update steps for the whole lattice and then go back to the beginning.

69 Multilevel algorithm Take a thermalized lattice. Divide the lattice in M sublattices. Do sublattice updates for these parts and calculate the expectation value of the operators for them. Multiply the expectation values to get one measurement of the desired operator. (Careful: You are not allowed to take the expectation value over all spatial positions of the operators in the different slices while doing the sublattice updates!) Do some update steps for the whole lattice and then go back to the beginning. The algorithm might be used iteratively. Tune the parameters of the algorithm in a way, that the combination of error and computations time is optimized.

70 Multilevel algorithm Take a thermalized lattice. Divide the lattice in M sublattices. Do sublattice updates for these parts and calculate the expectation value of the operators for them. Multiply the expectation values to get one measurement of the desired operator. (Careful: You are not allowed to take the expectation value over all spatial positions of the operators in the different slices while doing the sublattice updates!) Do some update steps for the whole lattice and then go back to the beginning. The algorithm might be used iteratively. Tune the parameters of the algorithm in a way, that the combination of error and computations time is optimized. Algorithm leads to an exponential error reduction!

71 5. Results

72 Background of the calculations To get enough statistics we work with SU(2) in 3-dimensions, which is very cheap.

73 Background of the calculations To get enough statistics we work with SU(2) in 3-dimensions, which is very cheap. We use the algorithm with only one level.

74 Background of the calculations To get enough statistics we work with SU(2) in 3-dimensions, which is very cheap. We use the algorithm with only one level. Our parameters are: T N L subupdates meas β = : R = :1500 tsic = : :2500 β = : R = :2000 tsic = : :12000 β = : R = :3000 tsic = : :18000

75 Observables Naive energies: 1 Ē n(r) = T 2 T 1 ln» Wn(R, T 2) W n(r, T 1)

76 Observables Naive energies:» 1 Wn(R, T 2) Ē n(r) = ln T 2 T 1 W n(r, T 1) They have some contributions from higher energy-states in the channels. Use fits to get rid of these contributions:

77 Observables Naive energies:» 1 Wn(R, T 2) Ē n(r) = ln T 2 T 1 W n(r, T 1) They have some contributions from higher energy-states in the channels. Use fits to get rid of these contributions: Energies:» 1 Wn(R, T 2) 1 Ē n(r) = ln T 2 T 1 W n(r, T 1) T 2 T 1 h a e b T 1 1 e b (T 2 T 1 ) i

78 Observables Naive energies:» 1 Wn(R, T 2) Ē n(r) = ln T 2 T 1 W n(r, T 1) They have some contributions from higher energy-states in the channels. Use fits to get rid of these contributions: Energies:» 1 Wn(R, T 2) 1 Ē n(r) = ln T 2 T 1 W n(r, T 1) T 2 T 1 h a e b T 1 1 e b (T 2 T 1 ) i Energy differences:» 1 Wn(R, T 2) W 0(R, T 1) 1 Ē n0 = ln be c T 1 1 e c (T 2 T 1 ) T 2 T 1 W n(r, T 1) W 0(R, T 2) T 2 T 1

79 Energies and comparison to Nambu string theory β = 5

80 Comparison between β = 5 and β = 7.5

81 Energy differences and comparison to Nambu string theory

82 Energy differences and comparison to Nambu string theory

83 Energy differences and comparison to Nambu string theory

84 What about Polchinski-Strominger? Fit for β = 5 to the form: E 10 (R) = R "r R 2 r R 2 # + a R 6

85 What about Polchinski-Strominger? Fit for β = 5 to the form: E 10 (R) = R "r R 2 r R 2 # + a R 6

86 What about Polchinski-Strominger?

87 Conclusions Found an algorithm which has an error reduction that is sufficient to take a look at the excited states of the QCD flux tube. The results show good agreement with Nambu string theory. But: We work in quenched QCD, where no string breaking appears! The runs for the continuum limit are on the run and we hope to have the results in the new year.

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