In earlier papers we established quark confinement analytically in anisotropic ($2+1$)-dimensional Yang-Mills theory with two gauge coupling constants. Here we point out a few features of the confining phase. These are: 1) the string tension in the $x^2$-direction as a function of representation obeys a sine law, and 2) static adjoint sources are not confined.

• Received 12 August 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.75.025001