Vacuum Behavior in Quantum Chromodynamics

May, 1979
15 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 21 (1980) 1095
Report number:
  • HUTP-79/A025

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Abstract: (APS)
The behavior of the vacuum in quantum chromodynamics is investigated by calculating quantum fluctuations of the gluon field in general constant background fields. One-loop contributions to the effective action result in a positive-definite imaginary part, indicating instability of the vacuum for all values of background electric- and magnetic-type field strengths.
  • QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS: VACUUM STATE
  • GLUON
  • STRONG INTERACTION
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: YANG-MILLS
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: VACUUM POLARIZATION
  • VACUUM POLARIZATION: GAUGE FIELD THEORY
  • QUARK
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