The weak-coupling Yang–Mills mass gap conjecture

Let HgH^g be the Hamiltonian reconstructed from the four-dimensional Yang–Mills theory, let g0[0,1[g_0\in[0,1[, and let spec(Hg)\operatorname{spec}(H^g) denote its spectrum. A mass gap is a positive lower bound separating the vacuum eigenvalue 00 from the rest of the spectrum.

Weak-coupling Yang–Mills mass gap conjecture. For any bare coupling constant g[0,g0[g\in[0,g_0[, the spectrum of HgH^g contains 00 as a simple eigenvalue for the vacuum eigenstate and satisfies

spec(Hg){0}[ηg,+[,\operatorname{spec}(H^g)\subset\{0\}\cup[\eta^g,+\infty[,

for an ηg>0\eta^g>0, with ηg=O(g2(n+1))\eta^g=O(g^{2(n+1)}) for every nN0n\in\mathbf{N}_0. In particular, there is a mass gap only if g>0g>0, and the group GG must be non-abelian.

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Simone Farinelli, “Four Dimensional Quantum Yang-Mills Theory for Weak Coupling Strength: Mass Gap Implies Quark Confinement”, arXiv:2406.16881 (2024).

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