The authors review the theory and phenomenology of instantons in quantum
chromodynamics (QCD). After a general overview, they provide a pedagogical introduction …

We highlight the progress, current status, and open challenges of QCD-driven physics, in
theory and in experiment. We discuss how the strong interaction is intimately connected to a …

This book provides a broad introduction to gauge field theories formulated on a space-time
lattice, and in particular of QCD. It serves as a textbook for advanced graduate students, and …

Glueballs, hybrids and multiquark states are predicted as bound states in models guided by
quantum chromo dynamics (QCD), by QCD sum rules or QCD on a lattice. Estimates for the …

The present knowledge of QCD confining forces between static test charges is summarised,
with an emphasis on lattice results. Recent developments in relating QCD potentials to …

We present the detailed derivation of the charge-1 periodic instantons—or calorons—with
non-trivial holonomy for SU (2). We use a suitable combination of the Nahm transformation …

Monopole condensation is responsible for confinement in U (1) lattice gauge theory. Using
numerical simulations and the abelian projection, we demonstrate that this mechanism …

Yang–Mills theories are an important building block of the standard model and in particular
of quantum chromodynamics. Its correlation functions describe the behavior of its …

We discuss the effects of rotation on confining properties of gauge theories focusing on
compact electrodynamics in two spatial dimensions as an analytically tractable model. We …

Performing numerical simulations and Abelian projection in SU (2) QCD, we find that Wilson
loops composed of a residual U (1) gauge field alone show a strong enhancement when the …