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The physical states of QCD

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Friedman, MH; Srivastava, Y; Widom, A

Published in: Phys. Essays (Canada)

We use the constraint imposed by Gauss's law to argue that the color charged states of SU(3) [quantum chromodynamics (QCD)] are not physical. We further show that the matrix elements of products of gluon field and quark current operators at different space-time points vanish when taken between physical states. This is true even if the operators are combined to make up color singlet objects. These results are in keeping with experimental observation

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Author Morton Friedman Biomedical Engineering

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Phys. Essays (Canada)

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429 / 433

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Friedman, M. H., Srivastava, Y., & Widom, A. (n.d.). The physical states of QCD. Phys. Essays (Canada), 9(3), 429–433.

Friedman, M. H., Y. Srivastava, and A. Widom. “The physical states of QCD.” Phys. Essays (Canada) 9, no. 3 (n.d.): 429–33.

Friedman MH, Srivastava Y, Widom A. The physical states of QCD. Phys Essays (Canada). 9(3):429–33.

Friedman, M. H., et al. “The physical states of QCD.” Phys. Essays (Canada), vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 429–33.

Friedman MH, Srivastava Y, Widom A. The physical states of QCD. Phys Essays (Canada). 9(3):429–433.