Gauge-invariant Mass Terms and Wave Functions

2012/01/04 by V. P. Nair, Nair, V. P. · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1201.0977

10 pages, Invited talk at the International Workshop on QCD Green's functions, Confinement and Phenomenology, QCD-TNT II, September 2011

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Abstract

We outline a method of relating the quantum effective action and the ground state wave function of a field theory. This method, along with a gauge-invariant mass term and the previously obtained vacuum wave function, is used to arrive at the leading terms of the 3d-covariant quantum effective action for the Yang-Mills theory in three (or 2+1) dimensions. Some features of this effective action are also discussed.

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