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J. A. Gracey

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arXiv2009

Three loop MSbar anomalous dimension for renormalizable gauge invariant non-local gluon mass operator in QCD

The three loop anomalous dimension for the gauge invariant, renormalizable, non-local mass operator for a gluon is computed in the MSbar scheme. In addition the anomalous dimensions of the associated localizing ghost fields are also deduced at the same order and it is shown that the three loop QCD beta-function correctly emerges from the gluon localizing ghost vertex renormalization.

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arXiv2008

A gauge invariant infrared stabilization of 3D Yang-Mills gauge theories

We demonstrate that the inversion method can be a very useful tool in providing an infrared stabilization of 3D gauge theories, in combination with the mass operator $A^2$ in the Landau gauge. The numerical results will be unambiguous, since the corresponding theory is ultraviolet finite in dimensional regularization, making a renormalization scale or scheme obsolete. The proposed framework is argued to be gauge invariant, by showing that the nonlocal gauge invariant operator $A^2_{\min}$, which reduces to $A^2$ in the Landau gauge, could be treated in 3D, in the sense that it is power counting renormalizable in any gauge. As a corollary of our analysis, we are able to identify a whole set of powercounting renormalizable nonlocal operators of dimension two.

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arXiv2008

The Landau gauge gluon and ghost propagator in the refined Gribov-Zwanziger framework in 3 dimensions

In previous works, we have constructed a refined version of the Gribov-Zwanziger action in 4 dimensions, by taking into account a novel dynamical effect. In this paper, we explore the 3-dimensional case. Analogously as in 4 dimensions, we obtain a ghost propagator behaving like $1/p^2$ in the infrared, while the gluon propagator reaches a finite nonvanishing value at zero momentum. Simultaneously, a clear violation of positivity by the gluon propagator is also found. This behaviour of the propagators turns out be in agreement with the recent numerical simulations.

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arXiv2008

Four loop MSbar mass anomalous dimension in the Gross-Neveu model

We compute the four loop term of the mass anomalous dimension in the two dimensional Gross-Neveu model in the MSbar scheme. The absence of multiplicative renormalizability which results when using dimensional regularization means that the effect of the evanescent operator, which first appears at three loops in the 4-point Green's function, has to be properly treated in the construction of the renormalization group function. We repeat the calculation of the three loop MSbar beta-function and construct the beta-function of the evanescent operator coupling which corrects earlier computations.

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arXiv2007

Nonperturbative ghost dynamics in the maximal Abelian gauge

We construct the effective potential for the ghost condensate in the maximal Abelian gauge. This condensate is an order parameter for a global continuous symmetry, which is spontaneously broken since a nonvanishing value of lowers the vacuum energy. The associated Goldstone mode turns out to be unphysical.

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arXiv2007

Three loop MSbar renormalization of QED in the 't~Hooft-Veltman gauge

Quantum electrodynamics (QED) fixed in the 't~Hooft-Veltman gauge is renormalized to three loops in the MSbar scheme. The beta-functions and anomalous dimensions are computed as functions of the usual QED coupling and the additional coupling, xi, which is introduced as part of the nonlinear gauge fixing condition. Similar to the maximal abelian gauge of quantum chromodynamics, the renormalization of the gauge parameter is singular.

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arXiv2007

One loop renormalization of the non-local gauge invariant operator min_U (A^U_mu)^2 in QCD

We compute the one loop anomalous dimension of the gauge invariant dimension two operator min_U (A^U_mu)^2, where U is an element of the gauge group, by exploiting Zwanziger's expansion of the operator in terms of gauge invariant non-local n leg operators. The computation is performed in an arbitrary linear covariant gauge and the cancellation of the gauge parameter in the final anomalous dimension is demonstrated explicitly. The result is equivalent to the one loop anomalous dimension of the local dimension two operator (A^a_mu)^2 in the Landau gauge.

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arXiv2006

A local non-Abelian gauge invariant action stemming from the nonlocal operator F 1/D^2 F

We report on the nonlocal gauge invariant operator of dimension two, F 1/D^2 F. We are able to localize this operator by introducing a suitable set of (anti)commuting antisymmetric tensor fields. Starting from this, we succeed in constructing a local gauge invariant action containing a mass parameter, and we prove the renormalizability to all orders of perturbation theory of this action in the linear covariant gauges using the algebraic renormalization technique. We point out the existence of a nilpotent BRST symmetry. Despite the additional (anti)commuting tensor fields and coupling constants, we prove that our model in the limit of vanishing mass is equivalent with ordinary massless Yang-Mills theories by making use of an extra symmetry in the massless case. We also present explicit renormalization group functions at two loop order in the MSbar scheme.

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arXiv2006

Quantum properties of a non-Abelian gauge invariant action with a mass parameter

We continue the study of a local, gauge invariant Yang-Mills action containing a mass parameter, which we constructed in a previous paper starting from the nonlocal gauge invariant mass dimension two operator F_{μν} (D^2)^{-1} F_{μν}. We return briefly to the renormalizability of the model, which can be proven to all orders of perturbation theory by embedding it in a more general model with a larger symmetry content. We point out the existence of a nilpotent BRST symmetry. Although our action contains extra (anti)commuting tensor fields and coupling constants, we prove that our model in the limit of vanishing mass is equivalent with ordinary massless Yang-Mills theories. The full theory is renormalized explicitly at two loops in the MSbar scheme and all the renormalization group functions are presented. We end with some comments on the potential relevance of this gauge model for the issue of a dynamical gluon mass generation.

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arXiv2006

Three loop anomalous dimensions of higher moments of the non-singlet twist-2 Wilson and transversity operators in the MSbar and RI' schemes

We compute the anomalous dimension of the third and fourth moments of the flavour non-singlet twist-2 Wilson and transversity operators at three loops in both the MSbar and RI' schemes. To assist with the extraction of estimates of matrix elements computed using lattice regularization, the finite parts of the Green's function where the operator is inserted in a quark 2-point function are also provided at three loops in both schemes.

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arXiv2006

Gribov ambiguities in the maximal Abelian gauge

The effects of the Gribov copies on the gluon and ghost propagators are investigated in SU(2) Euclidean Yang-Mills theory quantized in the maximal Abelian gauge. By following Gribov's original approach, extended to the maximal Abelian gauge, we are able to show that the diagonal component of the gluon propagator displays the characteristic Gribov type behavior. The off-diagonal component is found to be of the Yukawa type, with a dynamical mass originating from the dimension two gluon condensate, which is also taken into account. Furthermore, the off-diagonal ghost propagator exhibits infrared enhancement. Finally, we make a comparison with available lattice data.

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