Dynamics of the Universal Confining String Theory on the Loop Space

Starting with the representation of the Wilson average in the Euclidean 4D compact QED as a partition function of the Universal Confining String Theory (UCST), we derive for it the corresponding loop equation, alternative to the familiar one. In the functional momentum representation the obtained equation decouples into two independent ones, which describe the dynamics of the transverse and longitudinal components of the area derivative of the Wilson loop. At some critical value of the square of the momentum discontinuity, which can be determined from a certain equation, the transverse component does not propagate. In the low-energy limit of the UCST this value is equal to the square of mass of the Kalb-Ramond field. Next, we derive the equation for the momentum Wilson loop, where on the left-hand side stands the sum of the squares of the momentum discontinuities, multiplied by the loop, which describes its free propagation, while the right-hand side describes the interaction of the loop with the functional vorticity tensor current. Finally, using the method of inversion of the functional Laplacian, we obtain for the Wilson loop in the coordinate representation a simple Volterra type-II linear integral equation, which can be treated perturbatively. ∗On leave of absence from the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP); supported by Graduiertenkolleg Elementarteilchenphysik, DFG-RFFI, Grant 436 RUS 113/309/0 and by the INTAS, Grant No.94-2851. E-mail: [email protected]