Pinched Multi Affine Geometry and Confinement: Describing the Yang-Mills Mass Gap

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contents We introduce a multi affine geometric framework in which spacetime curvature relaxes non-instantaneously, subject to a fundamental Planck-scale limit on volumetric contraction. This pinched geometry is shown to localize high-energy distributions, leading to effective constraints on curvature that manifest as a discrete energy gap. Our analysis explores how this limiting curvature dispersion rate not only yields an intuitive explanation of the Yang-Mills mass gap by enforcing a finite tension between non-Abelian color sources. In parallel, we connect these results to an information-geometric viewpoint, demonstrating how the Fisher-Rao curvature quantifies localization pinning in both classical and quantum settings. The resulting picture suggests that quantized excitations and confinement emerge naturally once one accounts for a maximum relaxation speed of curved manifolds. We conclude by outlining how these ideas could be tested through lattice gauge theory comparisons and by examining low-energy glueball spectra, shedding light on a potential geometric unification of gravitational and quantum phenomena.
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spellingShingle Pinched Multi Affine Geometry and Confinement: Describing the Yang-Mills Mass Gap
Gauvin, Shoshauna
General Physics
We introduce a multi affine geometric framework in which spacetime curvature relaxes non-instantaneously, subject to a fundamental Planck-scale limit on volumetric contraction. This pinched geometry is shown to localize high-energy distributions, leading to effective constraints on curvature that manifest as a discrete energy gap. Our analysis explores how this limiting curvature dispersion rate not only yields an intuitive explanation of the Yang-Mills mass gap by enforcing a finite tension between non-Abelian color sources. In parallel, we connect these results to an information-geometric viewpoint, demonstrating how the Fisher-Rao curvature quantifies localization pinning in both classical and quantum settings. The resulting picture suggests that quantized excitations and confinement emerge naturally once one accounts for a maximum relaxation speed of curved manifolds. We conclude by outlining how these ideas could be tested through lattice gauge theory comparisons and by examining low-energy glueball spectra, shedding light on a potential geometric unification of gravitational and quantum phenomena.
title Pinched Multi Affine Geometry and Confinement: Describing the Yang-Mills Mass Gap
topic General Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.15539