TY - JOUR
T1 - Compact gauge fields and the infrared catastrophe
AU - Polyakov, A. M.
PY - 1975/10/13
Y1 - 1975/10/13
N2 - It is shown that infrared phenomena in the gauge theories are guided by certain classical solutions of the Yang-Mills equations. The existence of such solutions can lead to a finite correlation length which stops infrared catastrophe. In the present paper we deal only with theories with a compact but abelian gauge group. In this case the problems of correlation length and charge confinement are completely solved.
AB - It is shown that infrared phenomena in the gauge theories are guided by certain classical solutions of the Yang-Mills equations. The existence of such solutions can lead to a finite correlation length which stops infrared catastrophe. In the present paper we deal only with theories with a compact but abelian gauge group. In this case the problems of correlation length and charge confinement are completely solved.
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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(75)90162-8
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(75)90162-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33744730619
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 59
SP - 82
EP - 84
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
IS - 1
ER -