High-temperature partition function of the rigid string
- 15 October 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 46 (8) , 3667-3669
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.46.3667
Abstract
We find that the high temperature limit of the free energy per unit length for the rigid string agrees dimensionally with that of the QCD string (unlike the Nambu-Goto string). The sign, and in fact the phase, do not agree. While this may be a clue to a string theory of QCD, we note that the problem of the fourth derivative action makes it impossible for the rigid string to be a correct description.Comment: 7 pageKeywords
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