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Facets of confinement and dynamical chiral symmetry breaking.

Conference · · Eur. Phys. J. A
The gap equation is a cornerstone in understanding dynamical chiral symmetry breaking and may also provide clues to confinement. A symmetry-preserving truncation of its kernel enables proofs of important results and the development of an efficacious phenomenology. We describe a model of the kernel that yields: a momentum-dependent dressed-quark propagator in fair agreement with quenched lattice-QCD results; and chiral limit values, f{sup 0}{sub pi} = 68 MeV and {l_angle} {bar q} q {r_angle} = -(190 MeV){sup 3}. It is compared with models inferred from studies of the gauge sector.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
SC; FOR
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
925040
Report Number(s):
ANL/PHY/CP-108589
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Eur. Phys. J. A Journal Issue: 2-3 ; Nov. 2003 Journal Volume: 18
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH

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