Heavy $qq$ interaction at finite temperature

TL;DR

This paper presents the first lattice QCD study of heavy quark-quark potentials at finite temperature, providing insights into their behavior in a thermal environment.

Contribution

It introduces the first numerical evaluation of heavy quark-quark potentials at finite temperature using lattice QCD in the quenched approximation.

Findings

Evaluation of color anti-symmetric and symmetric potentials

First lattice QCD results for heavy quark-quark interactions at finite temperature

Insights into quark interactions in thermal QCD environments

Abstract

The first lattice QCD numerical study of heavy quark-quark potentials at finite temperature is reported. Using the quenched approximation, we evaluate the color anti-symmetric and symmetric potentials.