Closed formula for Wilson loops for $SU(N)$ Quantum Yang-Mills Theory in two dimensions

Abhay Ashtekar, Jurek Lewandowski, Donald Marolf +2

A closed expression of the Euclidean Wilson-loop functionals is derived for pure Yang-Mills continuum theories with gauge groups $SU(N)$ and $U(1)$ and space-time topologies $\Rl^1…