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Integration of source-charge constraints in quantum chromodynamics with fixed quark and antiquark sources

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)

I study the problem of satisfying the source-charge constraints in operator-symmetrized quantum chromodynamics (QCD) with static sources. I show that the color-charge algebras generated by the QCD outer product P/sup A/(u,v) = (i/2) f/sup A/BC(u/sup B/v/sup C/+v/sup C/u/sup B/) can always be put in the form P/sup A/(w/sub a/,w/sub b/) =iC/sub a/bcw/sub c/, with structure constants C/sub a/bc which are totally antisymmetric, but which do not in general satisfy the Jacobi identity. However, total antisymmetry of the C's is enough for the corresponding overlying classical field equations to be derivable from a Lagrangian and to possess a conserved stress-energy tensor, involving a finite number of undetermined constants of integration. I postulate conditions for determining the integration constants when the sources are in a color-singlet state, and use them to fix the overlying classical theory in the qq-bar and the qqq (q-barq-barq-bar) cases.

Research Organization:
The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
OSTI ID:
5634523
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 20:12; ISSN PRVDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English