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.
| ISBN: | 9783642444265 |
| Publication date: | 13th April 2014 |
| Author: | Markus Q Huber |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 140 pages |
| Series: | Springer Theses |
| Genres: |
Particle and high-energy physics Mathematical physics |
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.
On Gauge Fixing Aspects of the Infrared Behavior of Yang-Mills Green Functions features in the following genres: Particle and high-energy physics, Mathematical physics
On Gauge Fixing Aspects of the Infrared Behavior of Yang-Mills Green Functions is available in Paperback, Hardback
On Gauge Fixing Aspects of the Infrared Behavior of Yang-Mills Green Functions was written by Markus Q Huber and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
On Gauge Fixing Aspects of the Infrared Behavior of Yang-Mills Green Functions has 140 pages
Yes it is part of Springer Theses series