The string tension for Large N gauge theory from smeared Wilson loops

Understand

Using smeared Creutz ratios we extract the string tension for SU(N) pure gauge theory and $N$=3,4,5,6,8.

• We employ these results to extrapolate to large N.
• The same methodology is applied to the single-site Twisted Eguchi Kawai model.
• The corresponding string tension matches perfectly within errors with the extrapolated one, providing strong evidence in favour of the twisted reduction framework.