Field strength correlators and dual effective dynamics in QCD

We establish a relation between the two-point field strength correlator in QCD and the dual field propagator of an effective dual Abelian Higgs model describing the infrared behavior of QCD. We find an analytic approximation to the dual field propagator without sources and in the presence of quark sources. In the latter situation we also obtain an expression for the static <q(q)over bar> potential. Our derivation sheds some light on the dominance and phenomenological relevance of the two-point field strength correlator. [S0556-2821(98)03015-X]