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The Thomas-Fermi approximation for gauge theories

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-17 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

An effective field approximation, similar to the atomic Thomas-Fermi approach, is proposed for studying non-Abelian gauge theories which includes finite-volume effects. As applications of the formalism the equation of state for an SU(2) gauge theory with massless fermions is obtained. The extensions to realistic situations are briefly discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9703202,
  title  = {The Thomas-Fermi approximation for gauge theories},
  author = {D. D. Dixon and P. Kaus and J. Wudka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9703202},
  year   = {2014}
}

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43 pages, 8 figures, plain TeX; requires epsf and phyzzx

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