Project

Gauge invariant mass operators in Yang-Mills gauge theories

Code
01T01007
Duration
03 October 2007 → 02 April 2008
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Applied mathematics in specific fields
    • Astronomy and space sciences
    • Classical physics
    • Elementary particle and high energy physics
    • Materials physics
    • Mathematical physics
    • Quantum physics
Keywords
elementary particle physics gauge theories quantum field theory
 
Project description

Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is a Yang-Mills gauge theory that describes the strong color interaction. At high energies, the coupling constant is small due to the asymptotic freedom, hence perturbation theory applies. At lower energies, non-perturbative effects can enter the game, eg vacuum condensates. The proposed research plans to investigate gauge invariant vacuum condensates by means of analytical tools.