2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/41866The quark <\barψψ> and gluon <F_{μν}F^{μν}> vacuum expectation values are non-vanishing at low orders in α_s when the perturbative ground state includes quark and gluon pairs. This offers possibilities of studying the effects of a non-trivial vacuum using formally exact perturbative methods. The QCD Feynman rules are modified only for the free, on-shell quark and gluon propagators at zero four-momentum. Gauge and lorentz invariance is maintained, while chiral symmetry is spontaneously broken by the ground state.Talk at ICHEP 2002, Amsterdam (July 2002). 3 pages, 2 figuresHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext