Abstract
We present clear numerical evidence for string breaking in three-dimensional SU(2) gauge theory with fundamental bosonic matter through a mixing analysis between Wilson loops and meson operators representing bound states of a static source and a dynamical scalar. The breaking scale is calculated in the continuum limit. In units of the lightest glueball we find . The implications of our results for QCD are discussed.
- Received 17 July 1998
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4056
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