Analytical results for the confinement mechanism in QCD_3
  We present analytical methods for investigating the interaction of two heavy quarks in QCD_3 using the effective action approach. Our findings result in explicit expressions for the static potentials in QCD_3 for long and short distances. With regard to confinement, our conclusion reflects many features found in the more realistic world of QCD_4. 
Walter Dittrich, Holger Gies (Univ. Tuebingen, Germany)