Infrared instability of the vacuum state of gauge theories and asymptotic freedom

The radiative corrections to the Yang-Mills massless theory are found to lead to an instability of the vacuum state. This fact is in full compliance with the asymptotic freedom of gauge theories and is due to infrared singularities.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Physics letters. B 1977-01, Vol.71 (1), p.133-134
Main Author: Savvidy, G.K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The radiative corrections to the Yang-Mills massless theory are found to lead to an instability of the vacuum state. This fact is in full compliance with the asymptotic freedom of gauge theories and is due to infrared singularities.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/0370-2693(77)90759-6