Landau-gauge propagators in Yang-Mills theories at β=0: Massive solution versus conformal scaling
Creators
- 1. Instituto de Fisica de Sao Carlos, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Caixa Postal 369, 13560-970 Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil and DESY-Zeuthen, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen (Germany)
- 2. Instituto de Fisica de Sao Carlos, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Caixa Postal 369, 13560-970 Sao Carlos, SP (Brazil)
Description
We study Landau-gauge gluon and ghost propagators in Yang-Mills theories at lattice parameter β=0, considering relatively large lattice volumes for the case of the SU(2) gauge group in three and four space-time dimensions. We compare the lattice data to the so-called massive and conformal-scaling solutions, examining the requirements for a good description of the propagators over various ranges of momenta and discussing possible systematic errors. Our analysis strongly supports the massive solution, i.e. a finite gluon propagator and an essentially free ghost propagator in the infrared limit, in disagreement with A. Sternbeck and L. von Smekal, arXiv:0811.4300.. Moreover, we argue that discretization effects play no role in the analysis of these propagators.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.016005;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0904.4033v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 016005-016005.17
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42002168
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GLUONS; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PROPAGATOR; SCALING; SPACE-TIME; SU-2 GROUPS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; YANG-MILLS THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; CONSTRUCTIVE FIELD THEORY; EVALUATION; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS
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- Notes
- (c) 2010 The American Physical Society