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Non-perturbative singularity structure of gluon and quark propagators

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

A gauge invariant, non-local observable is constructed in lattice pure gauge theory, which is identical to the gluon propagator in a particular gauge. The transfer matrix formalism is used to show that this correlator decays exponentially with eigenvalues of the Hamiltonian. This implies a gauge invariant singularity structure of the propagator in momentum space, permitting a non-perturbative definition of a parton mass. The relation to gauge fixing and the extension to matter fields are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0106006,
  title  = {Non-perturbative singularity structure of gluon and quark propagators},
  author = {Owe Philipsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0106006},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure