Transverse QCD Dynamics Near the Light Cone

Abstract

Starting from the QCD Hamiltonian in near-light cone coordinates, we study the dynamics of the gluonic zero modes. Euclidean 2+1 dimensional lattice simulations show that the gap at strong coupling vanishes at intermediate coupling. This result opens the possibility to synchronize the continuum limit with the approach to the light cone.

Comments: 15 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures (7 PS files)