Year: 1998
Type: preprint
Abstract: Quarks play an active role in shaping the QCD vacuum structure. Being dual carriers of both `color' and `electric' charges they also respond to externally applied electromagnetic fields. Thus, in principle, the vacuum of strong interactions influences higher order QED processes such as photon-photon scattering. We survey here the current status of the understanding of the vacuum structure of strong interactions, and take a fresh look at its electromagnetic properties.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Rafelski, Johann, Elze, H. -Thomas
Institutions: University of Arizona, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1666175507