Variational calculation in SU(3) lattice gauge theory

Using the Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory, we perform some variational calculations to obtain the ground-state energy of SU(3) gauge held and scalar (0(++)) glueball mass. The agreement of our data with the strong and weak expansion results in the corresponding limits indicates that this method can provide us with reliable information in the most interesting medium region. The trial wavefunction used in our variational method is also proven to be a good first approximation of the ground-state of the SU(3) gauge field. Upgrading this function according to correlations of adjacent plaquettes may mean better results.