We propose a new lattice framework to extract the relevant gluonic energy scale of QCD phenomena which is based on a cut on link variables in momentum space. This framework is expected to be broadly applicable to all lattice QCD calculations. Using t
his framework, we quantitatively determine the relevant energy scale of color confinement, through the analyses of the quark-antiquark potential and meson masses. The relevant energy scale of color confinement is found to be below 1.5 GeV in the Landau gauge. In fact, the string tension is almost unchanged even after cutting off the high-momentum gluon component above 1.5 GeV. When the relevant low-energy region is cut, the quark-antiquark potential is approximately reduced to a Coulomb-like potential, and each meson becomes a quasi-free quark pair. As an analytical model calculation, we also investigate the dependence of the Richardson potential on the cut, and find the consistent behavior with the lattice result.
We study three quark systems in Maximally Abelian (MA) and Maximal Center (MC) projected QCD on quenched SU(3) lattice, and also in the monopole/photon part, where only the color-electric/magnetic current exists, using the Hodge decomposition. First,
we perform the quantitative study of the three-quark (3Q) potential V_{3Q} and the string tension sigma_{3Q} in baryons. For MA projected QCD, the monopole part and MC projected QCD, we find that the confinement potential in V_{3Q} obeys the Y-Ansatz and the string tension sigma_{3Q} is approximately equal to that in SU(3) QCD. The universality of the string tension, sigma_{3Q} simeq sigma_{Qbar Q}, is also found between the 3Q and the Qbar Q potentials. We find a strong similarity of the inter-quark potential between the monopole part and MC projected QCD. In contrast, almost no confinement force is found in the inter-quark potential in the photon part. Next, we study the spectrum of light hadrons in MA projected QCD and the monopole/photon part, paying attention to the N-Delta mass splitting. We find that the N-Delta mass splitting is significantly reduced in MA projected QCD and the monopole part, where the one-gluon-exchange effect or the Coulomb-potential part is largely reduced due to the Abelianization or the Hodge decomposition. This fact seems to indicate that the main origin of the mass splitting is one-gluon exchange.
We study baryons and baryonic matter in holographic QCD using a D4/D8/$bar{rm D8}$ multi-D-brane system in the superstring theory. We obtain the chiral soliton solution for baryons in the four-dimensional meson theory derived from the multi-D-brane s
ystem. For the analysis of finite baryon-density matter, we investigate the chiral soliton on $S^3$ in holographic QCD, and find the delocalization of the soliton, i.e., the swelling of baryons in dense matter.
We study the heavy-heavy-light quark ($QQq$) potential in SU(3) quenched lattice QCD, and discuss one of the roles of the finite-mass valence quark in the inter-quark potential. Monte Carlo simulations are performed with the standard gauge action on
the $16^4$ lattice at $beta =6.0$ and the $O(a)$-improved Wilson fermion action at four hopping parameters. For statistical improvement, the gauge configuration is fixed with the Coulomb gauge. We calculate the potential energy of $QQq$ systems as a function of the inter-heavy-quark distance $R$ in the range of $R le$ 0.8 fm. The $QQq$ potential is well described with a Coulomb plus linear potential, and the effective string tension between the two heavy quarks is significantly smaller than the string tension $sigma simeq 0.89$ GeV/fm. It would generally hold that the effect of the finite-mass valence quark reduces the inter-two-quark confinement force in baryons.
We perform the first study about the heavy-heavy-light quark potential in lattice QCD and a potential model. We find that the inter-two-quark confining force is reduced by valence quark motional effects compared to the string tension.
