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Confinement; tensor gluons; strong gravity

We look at the confinement of tensor gluons (f_μν^(c) field) in a strong gravity background and find that the strong gravity provides a trap for the confinement of colour waves of selected frequencies. We assume that the tensorf_μν^(c) field (mediating quanta: tensor 2⁺f-meson) satisfies Einstein-like equations with a cosmological constant. The colour field satisfy equations resembling Maxwell form of the linear theory of gravitation and see the effect off_μν^(c) field as playing the role of a medium having space dependent dielectric permeabilities. The solution of colour field equations resemble harmonic oscillator type wave functions with equispaced energy levels (no continuum) leading to confinement.

S Biswas¹ S Kumar¹

1. Department of Physics, University of Kalyani, Nadia - 741 235, India

Published

August 1989

Manuscript received

28 October 1988

Manuscript revised

23 March 1989