On gauge fixing aspects of the infrared behavior of Yang-Mills Green functions / Markus Q. Huber.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Huber, Markus Q.

Series:

Springer theses.

Springer theses : recognizing outstanding Ph.D. research, 2190-5053

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gauge fields (Physics).

Yang-Mills theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Springer, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Quarks are the main constituents of protons and neutrons and hence are important building blocks of all the matter that surrounds us. However, quarks have the intriguing property that they never appear as isolated single particles but only in bound states. This phenomenon is called confinement and has been a central research topic of elementary particle physics for the last few decades. In order to find the mechanism that forbids the existence of free quarks many approaches and ideas are being followed, but by now it has become clear that they are not mutually exclusive but illuminate the problem from different perspectives. Two such confinement scenarios are investigated in this thesis: Firstly, the importance of Abelian field components for the low-energy regime is corroborated, thus supporting the dual superconductor picture of confinement and secondly, the influence of the Gribov horizon on non-perturbative solutions is studied.

Contents:

Introduction

Yang-Mills theory and its infrared behavior

Functional equations

Scaling solutions

The infrared regime of the maximally Abelian gauge

Dyson-Schwinger equations in the Gribov region

Conclusions

Appendices.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Doctoral thesis (Ph.D.)--Karl-Franzens-University Graz, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613712110

9781280861475

1280861479

9783642276910

3642276911

OCLC:

783119253