On the interplay between screening and confinement from interacting electromagnetic and torsion fields

TL;DR

This paper investigates how axial torsion fields coupled with photons influence screening and confinement phenomena, revealing Coulombic potential in electric fields and confining potential in magnetic fields through quantum potential calculations.

Contribution

It introduces a novel analysis of torsion-photon coupling effects on static potentials using gauge-invariant variables, highlighting confinement mechanisms in magnetic backgrounds.

Findings

Coulomb potential persists in electric field backgrounds.

Magnetic fields induce Yukawa and linear confining potentials.

Results suggest torsion fields can lead to confinement phenomena.

Abstract

Features of screening and confinement are studied for the coupling of axial torsion fields with photons in the presence of an external electromagnetic field. To this end we compute the static quantum potential. Our discussion is carried out using the gauge-invariant but path-dependent variables formalism which is alternative to the Wilson loop approach. Our results show that, in the case of a constant electric field strength expectation value, the static potential remains Coulombic, while in the case of a constant magnetic field strength expectation value the potential energy is the sum of a Yukawa and a linear potential, leading to the confinement of static probe charges.