QCD chiral-symmetry breaking in a Rayleigh-Ritz variational calculation
- 15 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 31 (2), 411-415
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.31.411
Abstract
Within a Rayleigh-Ritz variational calculation for QCD, we establish the occurrence of chiral-symmetry breaking if the force is sufficiently strong. The logarithmic behavior of gauge coupling is essential for the result.Keywords
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