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We define and evaluate on the lattice the amputated 3-gluon vertex function in momentum space. We give numerical results for $16^3 \times 40$ and $24^3 \times 40$ quenched lattices at $\beta=6.0$. A good numerical signal is obtained, at the…
The BRST quartet mechanism is briefly reviewed. A special emphasis is given to the distinction of perturbative versus non-perturbative quartets. The field contents of the non-perturbative BRST quartets generated by transverse gluons or…
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We study the photon-quark-quark and Higgs-gluon-gluon form factors for on-shell massless quarks and gluons in perturbative QCD. Previous third-order results for the quark case are extended by calculating the fermion-loop contributions up to…
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