The present knowledge of QCD confining forces between static test charges is summarised,
with an emphasis on lattice results. Recent developments in relating QCD potentials to …

This review consists of two parts, the phenomenology of non-relativistic potential models
and the theoretical understanding of the forces between quarks. The first part reports on the …

A bstract In models for hadron collisions based on string hadronization, the strings are
usually treated as independent, allowing no interaction between the confined colour fields …

Pure Yang-Mills theory in two spacetime dimensions shows exact Casimir scaling. Thus,
there are infinitely many string tensions, and this has been understood as a result of …

Variance reduction techniques for the evaluation of Wilson loops in lattice gauge theory are
analysed. The method is extended to Wilson loops in the adjoint representation. Variational …

A bstract We calculate the low-lying glueball spectrum, several string tensions and some
properties of topology and the running coupling for SU (N) lattice gauge theories in 3+ 1 …

Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics The Confinement Problem in Lattice Gauge
Theory 1 Introduction Page 1 PERGAMON Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics …

We review the theoretical developments and conceptual advances that stemmed from the
generalization of QCD to the limit of a large number of color charges, originally proposed by't …

A bstract We study a 3d lattice gauge theory with gauge group U (1) N− 1⋊ SN, which is
obtained by gauging the SN global symmetry of a pure U (1) N− 1 gauge theory, and we call …

Performing numerical simulations and Abelian projection in SU (2) QCD, we find that Wilson
loops composed of a residual U (1) gauge field alone show a strong enhancement when the …