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Non-perturbative parton mass for the gluon

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A gauge invariant, non-local observable is constructed in pure gauge theory, which is identical to the gluon propagator in a particular gauge, permitting to define a non-perturbative parton mass for the gluon. This mass can be shown to be related to the 1P-1S mass splitting of heavy quarkonia. Preliminary numerical results for 3d SU(2) yield m_A=0.37(6)g^2, while from the \bar{b}b spectrum one infers m_A\approx 420 MeV for QCD.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0110114,
  title  = {Non-perturbative parton mass for the gluon},
  author = {O. Philipsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0110114},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Lattice2001(spectrum),3 pages, 3 figures