Dielectric Function of the QCD Vacuum

H. Reinhardt
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 061602 – Published 6 August 2008

Abstract

It is shown that the inverse of the ghost form factor in the Hamilton approach to Yang-Mills theory in Coulomb gauge can be interpreted as the color dielectric function of the QCD vacuum. Furthermore, the horizon condition to the ghost form factor implies that in the infrared the QCD vacuum is a perfect color diaelectric medium and therefore a dual superconductor. The dielectric function is explicitly calculated within a previously developed variational approach, using a specific ansatz for the vacuum wave functional.

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  • Received 6 March 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.061602

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

H. Reinhardt*

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Auf der Morgenstelle 14, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany

  • *hugo.reinhardt@uni-tuebingen.de

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Vol. 101, Iss. 6 — 8 August 2008

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