2005/12/22 by Масуд Чайчиан, M. Chaichian, K. Nishijima +2
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/0512284
10 pages
arxiv created 2005/12/22 · openalex publication_date 2005/12/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
It is argued that there are two phases in QCD distinguished by different choices of the gauge parameter. In one phase the color confinement is realized and gluons turn out to be massive, whereas in the other phase it ceases to be realized, but the gluons remain massless.