Magnetic corrections to the QCD coupling: strong field approximation

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Main Authors: Fernández, Gabriela, Hernández, Luis A., Zamora, R.
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author Fernández, Gabriela
Hernández, Luis A.
Zamora, R.
author_facet Fernández, Gabriela
Hernández, Luis A.
Zamora, R.
contents We compute the 1-loop vertex function of the QCD coupling in the presence of an ultra intense magnetic field. From the vertex function, we extract the effective coupling and show that it grows with increasing magnetic field. We consider the quark-gluon vertex and the three-gluon vertex, accounting for the propagators of charged particles within the loops using the lowest Landau level approximation in order to satisfy the condition where the magnetic field is the largest energy scale. Under this approximation, we find that the contribution from the three-gluon vertex vanishes. Therefore, this result arises from the competition between the color charge associated to gluons and to quarks as well, with the former being larger than the latter. The behavior of the QCD coupling as a function of the magnetic field strength is analogous to that exhibited by the light-quark condensate, indicating the magnetic catalysis occurs. This increasing behavior stems from the dominant contribution of color charge associated to gluons in the vertex function.
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spellingShingle Magnetic corrections to the QCD coupling: strong field approximation
Fernández, Gabriela
Hernández, Luis A.
Zamora, R.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We compute the 1-loop vertex function of the QCD coupling in the presence of an ultra intense magnetic field. From the vertex function, we extract the effective coupling and show that it grows with increasing magnetic field. We consider the quark-gluon vertex and the three-gluon vertex, accounting for the propagators of charged particles within the loops using the lowest Landau level approximation in order to satisfy the condition where the magnetic field is the largest energy scale. Under this approximation, we find that the contribution from the three-gluon vertex vanishes. Therefore, this result arises from the competition between the color charge associated to gluons and to quarks as well, with the former being larger than the latter. The behavior of the QCD coupling as a function of the magnetic field strength is analogous to that exhibited by the light-quark condensate, indicating the magnetic catalysis occurs. This increasing behavior stems from the dominant contribution of color charge associated to gluons in the vertex function.
title Magnetic corrections to the QCD coupling: strong field approximation
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14478