Non Local Observables and Confinement in BF Formulation of Yang-Mills Theory

TL;DR

This paper calculates the vacuum expectation values of magnetic order-disorder operators in QCD using a first order formulation of Yang-Mills theory, shedding light on confinement mechanisms.

Contribution

It provides an explicit calculation of magnetic operator vevs in QCD within the BF formulation of Yang-Mills theory, offering new insights into confinement.

Findings

Magnetic order-disorder operator vevs are explicitly computed.

Results support the role of magnetic operators in confinement.

First order formulation facilitates these calculations.

Abstract

The vev's of the magnetic order-disorder operators in QCD are found in an explicit calculation using the first order formulation of Yang-Mills theory.