Abstract
Under rather general assumptions it is shown that the (suitably defined) potential between color charges cannot rise faster than linearly with distance. The main ingredients are the existence of a positive Hamiltonian and invariance under 90° Euclidean rotations. In order to be on firm ground mathematically, the discussion is carried out for lattice theories; the role of the lattice, however, is purely technical.
- Received 17 March 1978
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.18.482
©1978 American Physical Society
