The Gluon Condensate and Running Coupling of QCD
Abstract
An expression for the photon condensate in quantum electrodynamics is presented and generalized to deduce a simple relation between the gluon condensate and the running coupling constant of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Ambiguities in defining the condensates are discussed. The values of the gluon condensate from some Ans\"atze for the running coupling in the literature are compared with the value determined from QCD sum rules.
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