Infrared finite ghost propagator in the Feynman gauge

dc.creatorAguilar, A. C.
dc.creatorPapavassiliou, J.
dc.date2007-12-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:39:11Z
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dc.descriptionWe demonstrate how to obtain from the Schwinger-Dyson equations of QCD an infrared finite ghost propagator in the Feynman gauge. The key ingredient in this construction is the longitudinal form factor of the non-perturbative gluon-ghost vertex, which, contrary to what happens in the Landau gauge, contributes non-trivially to the gap equation of the ghost. The detailed study of the corresponding vertex equation reveals that in the presence of a dynamical infrared cutoff this form factor remains finite in the limit of vanishing ghost momentum. This, in turn, allows the ghost self-energy to reach a finite value in the infrared, without having to assume any additional properties for the gluon-ghost vertex, such as the presence of massless poles. The implications of this result and possible future directions are briefly outlined.
dc.description22 pages, 9 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0780
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0780
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D77:125022,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.125022
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199828
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleInfrared finite ghost propagator in the Feynman gauge
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