Published October 15, 1980 | Version v1
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Vacuum behavior in quantum chromodynamics. II

Creators

  • 1. Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Description

Vacuum polarization contributions due to fermions or scalars produced by gluon background-field fluctuations indicate vacuum instability in quantum chromodynamics; the instability is quantitatively related to pair-creation processes. The results extend previous work on gluonic contributions, and generalize the similar quantum-electrodynamic results of Euler and Heisenberg and Schwinger

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
8
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
2022-2026
ISSN
0556-2821

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12578630
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
FERMIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GLUONS; PAIR PRODUCTION; PROPAGATOR; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SU-3 GROUPS; VACUUM POLARIZATION
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; INTERACTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS