Abstract
It is shown that a wide class of non-Abelian gauge theories have, up to calculable logarithmic corrections, free-field-theory asymptotic behavior. It is suggested that Bjorken scaling may be obtained from strong-interaction dynamics based on non-Abelian gauge symmetry.
- Received 27 April 1973
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.30.1343
©1973 American Physical Society
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