1-form symmetry versus large N QCD
arXiv:2209.00027 · doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2023)192
Abstract
We show that large N QCD does not have an emergent 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.
38 pages, 10 figures. v2: extra reference, a couple of clarifications
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