title: QCD-like behavior of high-temperature confining strings.
abstract: We show that, contrary to previous string models, the high-temperature behavior of the recently proposed confining strings reproduces exactly the correct large- N QCD result, a necessary condition for any string model of confinement.
authors.affiliation: Theory Division, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva, 23 Switzerland.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Diamantini
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Trugenberger