出版社:SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要:We investigate the infrared behaviour of the gluon propagator in Landau gauge on a lattice with
twisted boundary conditions.
Analytic calculations using Dyson-Schwinger equations, exact renormalization group and
stochastic quantization show that the gluon propagator in Landau gauge approaches zero for small
momentum. On the other hand lattice calculations and calculations on a four-torus seem to give
rise to a non-zero limit. One possible reason for this difference is the existence of zero-momentum
fluctuation modes which potentially give a massive contribution to the gluon propagator. Our simulations
show that with twisted boundary conditions these zero-momentum modes are suppressed
and the gluon propagator becomes smaller than in a periodic ensemble.