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Title: Infrared Maximally Abelian Gauge

Abstract

The confinement scenario in Maximally Abelian gauge (MAG) is based on the concepts of Abelian dominance and of dual superconductivity. Recently, several groups pointed out the possible existence in MAG of ghost and gluon condensates with mass dimension 2, which in turn should influence the infrared behavior of ghost and gluon propagators. We present preliminary results for the first lattice numerical study of the ghost propagator and of ghost condensation for pure SU(2) theory in the MAG.

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  1. Instituto de Fisica de Sao Carlos, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Caixa Postal 369, 13560-970 Sao Carlos, SP (Brazil)
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OSTI Identifier:
21056808
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Journal Article
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Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings; Journal Volume: 892; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: QCHS7: 7. conference on quark confinement and the hadron spectrum, Ponta Delgada, Acores (Portugal), 2-7 Sep 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2714372; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; BAG MODEL; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GLUON CONDENSATION; GLUONS; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROPAGATOR; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; REST MASS; SU-2 GROUPS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY

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Mendes, Tereza, Cucchieri, Attilio, and Mihara, Antonio. Infrared Maximally Abelian Gauge. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2714372.
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Mendes, Tereza, Cucchieri, Attilio, & Mihara, Antonio. Infrared Maximally Abelian Gauge. United States. doi:10.1063/1.2714372.
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@article{osti_21056808,
title = {Infrared Maximally Abelian Gauge},
author = {Mendes, Tereza and Cucchieri, Attilio and Mihara, Antonio},
abstractNote = {The confinement scenario in Maximally Abelian gauge (MAG) is based on the concepts of Abelian dominance and of dual superconductivity. Recently, several groups pointed out the possible existence in MAG of ghost and gluon condensates with mass dimension 2, which in turn should influence the infrared behavior of ghost and gluon propagators. We present preliminary results for the first lattice numerical study of the ghost propagator and of ghost condensation for pure SU(2) theory in the MAG.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2714372},
journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
number = 1,
volume = 892,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2007},
month = {Tue Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2007}
}
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DOI:  10.1063/1.2714372
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