The causal structure of the quark propagator

We study the causal structure of the quark propagator with the spectral DSE. The spectral gap equation is solved with the input of the spectral representation of the gluon and a causal STI-construction for the quark-gluon vertex. The latter includes a potential infrared enhancement of the vertex str...

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Hauptverfasser: Pawlowski, Jan M. (VerfasserIn) , Wessely, Jonas (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 11 September 2025
In: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 85, Heft: 9, Pages: 1-13
ISSN:1434-6052
DOI:10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14683-z
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Verfasserangaben:Jan M. Pawlowski, Jonas Wessely

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