Color fields computed in SU(3) lattice QCD for the static tetraquark system

The color fields created by the static tetraquark system are computed in quenched SU(3) lattice QCD, in a 24(3) x 48 lattice at beta = 6.2 corresponding to a lattice spacing a = 0.07261(85) fm. We find that the tetraquark color fields are well described by a double-Y, or butterfly, shaped flux tube. The two flux-tube junction points are compatible with Fermat points minimizing the total flux-tube length. We also compare the diquark-diantiquark central flux-tube profile in the tetraquark with the quark-antiquark fundamental flux-tube profile in the meson, and they match, thus showing that the tetraquark flux tubes are composed of fundamental flux tubes.