The QCD beta-function from global solutions to Dyson-Schwinger equations

Jun, 2009
34 pages
Published in:
  • Annals Phys. 325 (2010) 300-324
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We study quantum chromodynamics from the viewpoint of untruncated Dyson-Schwinger equations turned to an ordinary differential equation for the gluon anomalous dimension. This nonlinear equation is parameterized by a function P(x) which is unknown beyond perturbation theory. Still, very mild assumptions on P(x) lead to stringent restrictions for possible solutions to Dyson-Schwinger equations. We establish that the theory must have asymptotic freedom beyond perturbation theory and also investigate the low energy regime and the possibility for a mass gap in the asymptotically free theory.
Note:
  • 34 pages, 4 figures
  • Dyson-Schwinger equations
  • QCD
  • Beta-function
  • mass: gap
  • Dyson-Schwinger equation: solution
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • anomalous dimension
  • asymptotic freedom
  • renormalization group: beta function