Published August 6, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Signals of confinement in Green functions of SU(2) Yang-Mills theory

  • 1. Insitut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Tuebingen, D-72076 Tuebingen (Germany)

Description

It has been well established that the removal of center vortices from SU(2) lattice configurations results in the loss of confinement. The running coupling constant, gluon form factor, and ghost form factor are studied in the Landau gauge for the full and the vortex removed theory. In the latter case, a strong suppression of the running coupling constant and the gluon form factor at low momenta is observed, and the IR singularity of the ghost form factor disappears. Hence, the removal of the vortices generates a theory for which Zwanziger's horizon condition for confinement is no longer satisfied

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
93
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 061601-061601.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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(c) 2004 The American Physical Society