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Reliable Perturbative Results for Strong Interactions?

H. David Politzer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 30, 1346 – Published 25 June 1973
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Abstract

An explicit calculation shows perturbation theory to be arbitrarily good for the deep Euclidean Green's functions of any Yang-Mills theory and of many Yang-Mills theories with fermions. Under the hypothesis that spontaneous symmetry breakdown is of dynamical origin, these symmetric Green's functions are the asymptotic forms of the physically significant spontaneously broken solution, whose coupling could be strong.

  • Received 3 May 1973

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.30.1346

©1973 American Physical Society

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H. David Politzer

  • Jefferson Physical Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Vol. 30, Iss. 26 — 25 June 1973

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