On the spectrum of pure Yang-Mills theory∗
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In this note we discuss the wave functional approach to the spectrum of pure YangMills theory in 2 + 1 and 3 + 1 dimensions by highlighting the issues of dynamical mass generation and the role played by the kinetic term. We extrapolate our recent analysis of 2+1 Yang-Mills theory to 3+1 dimensions, and under certain heuristic assumptions use a simple quasi-Gaussian vacuum wavefunctional for 3+1 Yang-Mills theory for a preliminary study of the spectrum of glueballs which nicely fits the available lattice simulations. To appear in the proceedings of the first Sowers Theoretical Physics workshop, Virginia Tech, May 2007. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2008