Constraints on the Infrared Behavior of the Gluon Propagator in Yang-Mills Theories
Abstract
We present rigorous upper and lower bounds for the zero-momentum gluon propagator D(0) of Yang-Mills theories in terms of the average value of the gluon field. This allows us to perform a controlled extrapolation of lattice data to infinite volume, showing that the infrared limit of the Landau-gauge gluon propagator in SU(2) gauge theory is finite and nonzero in three and in four space-time dimensions. In the two-dimensional case, we find D(0)=0, in agreement with Maas. We suggest an explanation for these results. We note that our discussion is general, although we apply our analysis only to pure gauge theory in the Landau gauge. Simulations have been performed on the IBM supercomputer at the University of São Paulo.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- June 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.241601
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0712.3517
- Bibcode:
- 2008PhRvL.100x1601C
- Keywords:
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- 11.15.Ha;
- 12.38.Aw;
- 14.70.Dj;
- Lattice gauge theory;
- General properties of QCD;
- Gluons;
- High Energy Physics - Lattice;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Nuclear Theory
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table