Quantized Electric Flux Tubes in Quantum Chromodynamics

Abstract

It is shown that in the strong-coupling limit the spectrum of quantum chromodynamics consists of closed and open strings with quarks at the ends. A Hamiltonian formulation in the axial gauge ${A_3}^a=0\mathrm{}$ is used. The theory is reformulated in terms of new canonical variables. Algebraic methods are employed to arrive at these results.