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Separating perturbative and non-perturbative contributions to the plaquette

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We try to separate the perturbative and non-perturbative contributions to the plaquette of pure SU(3) gauge theory. To do this we look at the large-n asymptotic behaviour of the perturbation series in order to estimate the contribution of the as-yet uncalculated terms in the series. We find no evidence for the previously reported Lambda^2 contribution to the gluon condensate. Attempting to determine the conventional Lambda^4 condensate gives a value of approximately 0.03(2) GeV^4, in reasonable agreement with sum rule estimates, though with very large uncertainties.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0110210,
  title  = {Separating perturbative and non-perturbative contributions to the plaquette},
  author = {R. Horsley and P. E. L. Rakow and G. Schierholz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0110210},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Latex, 3 pages, 5 figures. Lattice2001(gaugetheories)