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Gauge dependence identities for color superconducting QCD

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Using generalized Nielsen identities a formal proof is given that the fermionic quasiparticle dispersion relations in a color superconductor are gauge independent. This turns out to involve gluonic tadpoles which are calculated to one-loop order in a two-flavor color superconductor. Regarding the appearance of gluon tadpoles, we argue that in QCD the color superconducting phase is automatically color neutral.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0305108,
  title  = {Gauge dependence identities for color superconducting QCD},
  author = {A. Gerhold and A. Rebhan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0305108},
  year   = {2008}
}

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7 pages, REVTEX4; v2: typo corrected, 2 references added