Published June 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

The universal character of Zwanziger's horizon function in Euclidean Yang–Mills theories

  • 1. UERJ – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física – Departamento de Física Teórica – Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, 20550-013, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • 2. Ghent University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Krijgslaan 281-S9, 9000 Gent (Belgium)
  • 3. KU Leuven Campus Kortrijk – Kulak, Department of Physics, Etienne Sabbelaan 53 bus 7657, 8500 Kortrijk (Belgium)
  • 4. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 12, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany)

Description

In light of the recently established BRST invariant formulation of the Gribov–Zwanziger theory, we show that Zwanziger's horizon function displays a universal character. More precisely, the correlation functions of local BRST invariant operators evaluated with the Yang–Mills action supplemented with a BRST invariant version of the Zwanziger's horizon function and quantized in an arbitrary class of covariant, color invariant and renormalizable gauges which reduce to the Landau gauge when all gauge parameters are set to zero, have a unique, gauge parameters independent result, corresponding to that of the Landau gauge when the restriction to the Gribov region Ω in the latter gauge is imposed. As such, thanks to the BRST invariance, the cut-off at the Gribov region Ω acquires a gauge independent meaning in the class of the physical correlators.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.058

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.058;
arXiv
arXiv:1802.04582v2;
PII
S0370269318302545;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
781
Journal Page Range
p. 48-54
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51017356
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; EUCLIDEAN SPACE; GAUGE INVARIANCE; RENORMALIZATION; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE

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