Published January 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Landau-gauge propagators in Yang-Mills theories at β=0: Massive solution versus conformal scaling

  • 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.

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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

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