A Brief Introduction to Wilson Loops and Large N
arXiv:0906.4487 · doi:10.1134/S106377881005011X
Abstract
A pedagogical introduction to Wilson loops, lattice gauge theory and the 1/N-expansion of QCD is presented. The three introductory lectures were given at the 37th ITEP Winter School of Physics, Moscow, February 9-16, 2009.
14 pages, 14 figures, Lectures at the 37th ITEP Winter School of Physics
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