Demonstrates the emergence of a mass gap in Yang–Mills theory using a novel open quantum systems approach, suggesting new insights into quantum field theory.
Key Points
To reassess the Yang–Mills mass gap problem by formulating it as an open quantum system, revealing new dynamics.
Reformulated Yang–Mills theory with environmental coupling.
Employed local C∗-algebras and the GNS construction.
Utilized the GKSL master equation for unitarity and effective dissipation.
Introduced quantum corral confinement with Dirichlet boundary conditions.
Conducted lattice scaling studies over multiple values of β and L.
Identified a quantized fundamental mass gap mg,corr ≈ 1.06 GeV, corresponding to Rcorr ≈ 0.47 fm.
Calculated continuum mass gap mcont g = 0.465 ± 0.002 (lattice units).
Found mphys g = 1.61 ± 0.01 GeV in alignment with other lattice QCD results.
Proved uniqueness and stability of the Lindblad steady state.