Large-N reduction in the continuum three-dimensional Yang-Mills theory

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Aug 22;91(8):081601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.081601. Epub 2003 Aug 22.

Abstract

Numerical and theoretical evidence leads us to propose the following: Three-dimensional Euclidean Yang-Mills theory in the planar limit undergoes a phase transition on a torus of side l=l(c). For l>l(c) the planar limit is l independent, as expected of a noninteracting string theory. We expect the situation in four dimensions to be similar.