Large-N QCD at strong transverse lattice gauge coupling

Abstract

We had previously obtained an integral equation for mesons in transverse lattice QCD, in the limit of large number of colours and strong transverse lattice gauge coupling [1]. This equation is a generalisation of the 't Hooft equation [2], by inclusion of the spin degrees of freedom. We analyse this equation to extract spectral properties and light-front wavefunctions of mesons. We also extend the method to study baryon properties in the same limit.

Comments: 6 pages, PoS style, Presented at Lattice 2005, Dublin