Strong interaction and bound states in the deconfinement phase of QCD

Yu. A. Simonov

Published 2005-02-08, updated 2005-06-06Version 3

Recent striking lattice results on strong interaction and bound states above T_c can be explained by the nonperturbative Q\bar Q potential, predicted more than a decade ago in the framework of the field correlator method. Explicit expressions and quantitative estimates are given for Polyakov loop correlators in comparison with lattice data. New theoretical predictions for glueballs and baryons above T_c are given.