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Formulate a non-perturbative lattice gauge theory framework to model quantum chromodynamics (QCD), characterize quark confinement, and extract heavy-quark masses.

August 15, 2026Open Access

Lattice Gauge Theory: Non-Perturbative QCD, Confinement, and Heavy-Quark Mass Extraction — E8 Intelligence Research

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Formulate a non-perturbative lattice gauge theory framework to model quantum chromodynamics (QCD), characterize quark confinement, and extract heavy-quark masses.
Discretized continuous gauge fields onto a four-dimensional hypercubic spacetime lattice (root system B₄) using the Wilson plaquette action.
Applied one-loop lattice perturbation matching to evaluate heavy-quark mass shifts and established continuum limits as lattice spacing approaches zero.
Quark confinement emerges directly from the Wilson loop area law scaling ⟨W(C)⟩ ~ e^(-σA), characterized by the string tension σ.
Heavy-quark mass extraction is defined through one-loop matching m_Q = m_lattice + δm, recovering continuous gauge invariance in the continuum limit a → 0.

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Theoretical analysis demonstrates non-perturbative QCD confinement via Wilson loop area-law scaling, highlighting systematic heavy-quark mass extraction.

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Andrew Stewart Caldin (2026) studied this question.

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Theoretical analysis demonstrates non-perturbative QCD confinement via Wilson loop area-law scaling, highlighting systematic heavy-quark mass extraction.

Lattice Gauge Theory: Non-Perturbative QCD, Confinement, and Heavy-Quark Mass Extraction — E8 Intelligence Research

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