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Title: Worldline casting of the stochastic vacuum model and nonperturbative properties of QCD: General formalism and applications

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. University of Athens, Physics Department, Nuclear and Particle Physics Section, Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia GR 15771, Athens (Greece)

The stochastic vacuum model for QCD, proposed by Dosch and Simonov, is fused with a worldline casting of the underlying theory, i.e. QCD. Important nonperturbative features of the model are studied. In particular, contributions associated with the spin-field interaction are calculated, and the validity of both the loop equations and of the Bianchi identity is explicitly demonstrated. As an application, a simulated meson-meson scattering problem is studied in the Regge kinematical regime. The process is modeled in terms of the helicoidal Wilson contour along the lines introduced by Janik and Peschanski in a related study based on an AdS/CFT-type approach. Working strictly in the framework of the stochastic vacuum model and in a semiclassical approximation scheme, the Regge behavior for the scattering amplitude is demonstrated. Going beyond this approximation, the contribution resulting from boundary fluctuations of the Wilson loop contour is also estimated.

OSTI ID:
21260173
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 79, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.065005; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English