1-form symmetry versus large N QCD

Abstract We show that large N QCD does not have an emergent ℤ N 1-form symmetry. Our results suggest that a symmetry-based understanding of (approximate) confinement in QCD would require some further generalization of the notion of generalized global symmetries.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aleksey Cherman, Theodore Jacobson, Maria Neuzil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-02-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2023)192