[en] The next to leading order (NLO) contribution of the generalized finite size mass shift formula for an interacting two stable particle system in a periodic L³ box is discriminated with maintaining its model independent structure and validity to all orders in perturbation theory. The influence of the NLO contribution is examined for the nucleon mass shift in the realistic nucleon-pion system. (orig.)

[en] The 4D compact U(1) lattice gauge theory (LGT) in the confinement phase is studied with the multi-level algorithm. The static potential, force and flux-tube profile between two static charges are precisely measured from correlation functions involving the Polyakov loop. Universality of the coefficient of the 1/r correction to the static potential, known as the Luescher term, and the transversal width of the flux-tube profile are investigated

[en] We discuss the Casimir scaling hypothesis on the nonperturbative force in terms of the dual superconducting picture of the QCD vacuum by calculating the string tensions of flux tubes associated with static charges in various SU(3) representations in the dual Ginzburg-Landau (DGL) theory

[en] Hadronic flux-tube solutions describing the mesonic and the baryonic states within the dual Ginzburg-Landau theory are investigated by using the dual lattice formulation in the Weyl-symmetric approach. The shape of the flux tubes is determined by placement of the color-electric Dirac-string singularity treated as a connected stack of quantized plaquettes in the dual lattice formulation. The Weyl symmetric profiles of the hadronic flux tubes are obtained by using the manifestly Weyl invariant representation of the dual gauge field

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[en] The string tensions of flux tubes associated with static charges in various SU(3) representations are studied within the dual Ginzburg-Landau (DGL) theory. The ratios of the string tensions between higher and fundamental representations, d_D≡σ_D/σ_F, are found to depend only on the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) parameter, κ=m_χ/m_B, the mass ratio between monopoles m_χ and dual gauge bosons m_B. In the case of the Bogomol'nyi limit (κ=1), analytical values of d_D are easily obtained by adopting the manifestly Weyl invariant formulation of the DGL theory, which are provided simply by the number of color-electric Dirac strings inside the flux tube. A numerical investigation of the ratio for various GL-parameter cases is also performed, which suggests that the Casimir scaling is obtained in the type-II parameter range within the interval κ=5∼9 for various ratios d_D

[en] We study abelian dominance and monopole condensation for the quark confinement physics using the lattice QCD simulations in the MA gauge. These phenomena are closely related to the dual superconductor picture of the QCD vacuum, and enable us to construct the dual Ginzburg-Landau (DGL) theory as an useful effective theory of nonperturbative QCD. We then apply the DGL theory to the studies of the low-lying hadron structure and the scalar glueball properties

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[en] We reconsider the properties of the QQ-bar flux tube within Abelian-projected SU(2) lattice gauge theory in terms of electric field and monopole current. In maximal Abelian gauge fixing, we assess the influence of Gribov copies on the apparent flux-tube profile. For the profile corresponding to optimal gauge fixing, we study the independence of the lattice spacing for β = 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5115 on a 32⁴ lattice. We apply the decomposition of the Abelian Wilson loop into monopole and photon parts and compare the electric and monopole profile emerging from these three different sources with the field strength and monopole current within the DGL theory

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