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On the complex structure of Yang-Mills theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-07-09 v4 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We consider the coupled set of spectral Dyson-Schwinger equations in Yang-Mills theory for ghost and gluon propagators, which gives us access to the ghost and gluon spectral functions. The set-up is used for a systematic analytic evaluation of the constraints on generalised spectral representations in Yang-Mills theory that are most relevant for informed spectral reconstructions. We also provide numerical results for the coupled set of spectral functions for a large range of potential mass gaps of the gluon, and discuss the limitations and extensions of the present work.

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@article{arxiv.2202.09333,
  title  = {On the complex structure of Yang-Mills theory},
  author = {Jan Horak and Jan M. Pawlowski and Nicolas Wink},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.09333},
  year   = {2025}
}

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31 pages, 16 figures

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