Schwinger Dyson equations: Dynamical chiral symmetry breaking and confinement

Conference · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6972619

Roberts, C D

A representative but not exhaustive review of the Schwinger-Dyson equation (SDE) approach to the nonperturbative study of QCD is presented. The main focus is the SDE for the quark self energy but studies of the gluon propagator and quark-gluon vertex are also discussed insofar as they are important to the quark SDE. The scope of this article is the application of these equations to the study of dynamical chiral symmetry breaking, quark confinement and the phenomenology of the spectrum and dynamics of QCD.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6972619
• Report Number(s): ANL/CP-77129; CONF-9206280--1; ON: DE92040717
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHIRAL SYMMETRY
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EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
FUNCTIONS
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MATTER
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