Effective "Gluon" Dynamics in a Stochastic Vacuum

2002/03/20 by Jose A. Magpantay, Magpantay, Jose A.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0203178

24 pages

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Abstract

Using the new scalar and vector degrees of freedom derived from the non-linear gauge condition (grad-dot-D)(grad-dot-A)=0, we show that the effective dynamics of the vector fields (identified as ``gluons'') in the stochastic vacuum defined by the scalars result in the vector fields acquiring a range of possible masses and losing their self-interactions. From this range of masses, we derive the mass gap in pure Yang-Mills theory. Finally, we comment on the gauge-invariance of the result.

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