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Gauge-invariant Mass Terms and Wave Functions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-01-05 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We outline a method of relating the quantum effective action and the ground state wave function of a field theory. This method, along with a gauge-invariant mass term and the previously obtained vacuum wave function, is used to arrive at the leading terms of the 3d-covariant quantum effective action for the Yang-Mills theory in three (or 2+1) dimensions. Some features of this effective action are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1201.0977,
  title  = {Gauge-invariant Mass Terms and Wave Functions},
  author = {V. P. Nair},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.0977},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

10 pages, Invited talk at the International Workshop on QCD Green's functions, Confinement and Phenomenology, QCD-TNT II, September 2011

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