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Author(s): Sergey. A. Larin*

DOI: 10.2174/0127723348288455240424105345

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The Mass Gap in QCD and a Restriction on Gluon Masses

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In this study, we prove that it is necessary to introduce the non-zero gluon masses into the fundamental Lagrangian of Quantum Chromodynamics in order to describe the mass gap in the reaction of electron-positron annihilation into hadrons. Further, in this work, a new restriction on the gluon masses is imposed, and the renormalized theory with non-zero Lagrangian gluon masses is presented.

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