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Two loop effective potential for < A^2_\mu > in the Landau gauge in quantum chromodynamics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We construct the effective potential for the dimension two composite operator 1/2 A^{a 2}_\mu in QCD with massless quarks in the Landau gauge for an arbitrary colour group at two loops. For SU(3) we show that an estimate for the effective gluon mass decreases as N_f increases.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0306200,
  title  = {Two loop effective potential for < A^2_\mu > in the Landau gauge in quantum chromodynamics},
  author = {R. E. Browne and J. A. Gracey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0306200},
  year   = {2009}
}

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