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Nonperturbative structure of the ghost-gluon kernel

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Author(s):
Aguilar, A. C. ; Ferreira, M. N. ; Figueiredo, C. T. ; Papavassiliou, J.
Total Authors: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW D; v. 99, n. 3, p. 26-pg., 2019-02-28.
Abstract

The ghost-gluon scattering kernel is a special correlation function that is intimately connected with two fundamental vertices of the gauge sector of QCD: the ghost-gluon vertex, which may be obtained from it through suitable contraction, and the three-gluon vertex, whose Slavnov-Taylor identity contains that kernel as one of its main ingredients. In this work we present a detailed nonperturbative study of the five form factors comprising it, using as the starting point the "one-loop dressed" approximation of the dynamical equations governing their evolution. The analysis is carried out for arbitrary Euclidean momenta and makes extensive use of the gluon propagator and the ghost dressing function, whose infrared behavior has been firmly established from a multitude of continuum studies and large-volume lattice simulations. In addition, special Ansatze are employed for the vertices entering in the relevant equations, and their impact on the results is scrutinized in detail. Quite interestingly, the veracity of the approximations employed may be quantitatively tested by appealing to an exact relation, which fixes the value of a special combination of the form factors under construction. The results obtained furnish the two form factors of the ghostgluon vertex for arbitrary momenta and, more importantly, pave the way toward the nonperturbative generalization of the Ball-Chiu construction for the longitudinal part of the three-gluon vertex. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 17/05685-2 - Hadronic physics in high energy nuclear collisions
Grantee:Jun Takahashi
Support Opportunities: Special Projects
FAPESP's process: 18/09684-3 - The infrared properties of the transverse structure of the quark-gluon vertex
Grantee:Clara Teixeira Figueiredo
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 17/07595-0 - Nonperturbative aspects of the QCD Green's functions
Grantee:Arlene Cristina Aguilar
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 16/11894-0 - Aspects of the dynamical mass generation in the formalism of the Schwinger-Dyson equations
Grantee:Clara Teixeira Figueiredo
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate