Soft Covariant Gauges on the Lattice

Abstract

We present an exploratory study of a one-parameter family of covariant, non-perturbative lattice gauge-fixing conditions, that can be implemented through a simple Monte Carlo algorithm. We demonstrate that at the numerical level the procedure is feasible, and as a first application we examine the gauge dependence of the gluon propagator.

11 pages, Latex, epsf.sty included + 5 PostScript pictures

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