Dynamically massive linear covariant gauges: setup and first results
arXiv:2312.07608 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.109.014037
Abstract
We discuss the possibility to obtain a massive Landau gauge, based on the local composite operator (LCO) effective action framework combined with the Zimmerman reduction of couplings prescription. As a way to deal with the gauge ambiguity, we check that the ghost propagator remains positive, a necessary condition for gluon field configurations beyond the Gribov region to be negligible. We pay attention to the BRST invariance of the construction, allowing for a future generalization to a class of massive linear covariant gauges. As a litmus test, we compare our predictions to the lattice data for the two-point functions in Landau gauge introducing the "Dynamically Infrared-Safe" renormalization scheme, including the renormalization group optimization of both the gap equation and the two-point functions. We also discuss the relation to and differences with the Curci-Ferrari model, the usefulness of which in providing an effective perturbative description of non-perturbative Yang-Mills theories became clear during recent years.
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