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The static hard-loop gluon propagator to all orders in anisotropy

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-06-27 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We calculate the (semi-)static hard-loop self-energy and propagator using the Keldysh formalism in a momentum-space anisotropic quark-gluon plasma. The static retarded, advanced, and Feynman (symmetric) self-energies and propagators are calculated to all orders in the momentum-space anisotropy parameter ξ\xi. For the retarded and advanced self-energies/propagators, we present a concise derivation and comparison with previously-obtained results and extend the calculation of the self-energies to next-to-leading order in the gluon energy, ω\omega. For the Feynman self-energy/propagator, we present new results which are accurate to all orders in ξ\xi. We compare our exact results with prior expressions for the Feynman self-energy/propagator which were obtained using Taylor-expansions around an isotropic state. We show that, unlike the Taylor-expanded results, the all-orders expression for the Feynman propagator is free from infrared singularities. Finally, we discuss the application of our results to the calculation of the imaginary-part of the heavy-quark potential in an anisotropic quark-gluon plasma.

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@article{arxiv.1706.08091,
  title  = {The static hard-loop gluon propagator to all orders in anisotropy},
  author = {Mohammad Nopoush and Yun Guo and Michael Strickland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.08091},
  year   = {2023}
}

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22 pages

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