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Non Local Observables and Confinement in BF Formulation of Yang-Mills Theory

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Quantum Fields and Quantum Space Time

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The vev’s of the magnetic order-disorder operators in QCD are found with an explicit calculation using the first order formulation of Yang-Mills theory.

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  1. Sezione di Roma II, I.N.F.N., Via Della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133, Roma, Italy

    Francesco Fucito

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Maurizio Martellini & Mauro Zeni

  3. Landau Network at “Centro Volta”, Como, Italy

    Maurizio Martellini

  4. Sezione di Milano, I.N.F.N., Via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Maurizio Martellini & Mauro Zeni

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  1. University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Gerard ’t Hooft

  2. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Arthur Jaffe

  3. University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Gerhard Mack

  4. CNRS, University of Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

    Pronob K. Mitter

  5. Laboratory of Particle Physics, Annecy-le-Vieux, Annecy-le-Vieux, France

    Raymond Stora

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Fucito, F., Martellini, M., Zeni, M. (1997). Non Local Observables and Confinement in BF Formulation of Yang-Mills Theory. In: ’t Hooft, G., Jaffe, A., Mack, G., Mitter, P.K., Stora, R. (eds) Quantum Fields and Quantum Space Time. NATO ASI Series, vol 364. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1801-7_15

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