Resummation and gauge invariance of the gluon damping rate in hot QCD

Journal Article · Sun Mar 18 23:00:00 EST 1990 · Physical Review Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.1338· OSTI ID:7001837

Braaten, E ^[1]; Pisarski, R D ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (USA)
2. Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (USA)

In high-temperature QCD, an infinite set of higher loop diagrams must be resummed in order to compute the gluon damping rates to leading order in the coupling constant. After resummation, the damping rates, as determined by the positions of the poles in the gluon propagator, are gauge invariant.

• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER02289
• OSTI ID: 7001837
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (USA) Vol. 64:12; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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