2004/11/19 by Dennis D. Dietrich
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Classical mechanics #Equations of motion #Field (mathematics) #Gauge fixing #Gauge theory #Gluon #Gluon field #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Limit (mathematics) #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Propagator #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Quark #Quark–gluon plasma #Semiclassical physics #Space (punctuation) #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.71.045005
published as Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 045005 · 14 pages, no figures, typos corrected
arxiv created 2004/11/19 · openalex publication_date 2005/02/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The propagator for gluons in a space-time dependent field is derived. This is accomplished by solving the equation of motion for the gluonic Green's functions. Subsequently, a relationship between the quark and the gluon propagator is presented. With its help, characteristics of the bosonic propagator can be obtained from those of the fermionic and vice versa. Finally, this relation is discussed for the special case of ultrarelativistic collisions in the semiclassical limit.