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Phys. Rev. D 68, 011502(R) (2003) [5 pages]

Gauge dependence identities for color superconducting QCD

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A. Gerhold and A. Rebhan
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Wien, Wiedner Haupstrasse 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Received 16 May 2003; published 30 July 2003

Using generalized Nielsen identities a formal proof is given that the fermionic quasiparticle dispersion relations in a color superconductor are gauge independent. This turns out to involve gluonic tadpoles which are calculated to one-loop order in a two-flavor color superconductor. Regarding the appearance of gluon tadpoles, we argue that in QCD the color superconducting phase is automatically color neutral.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.011502
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.011502
PACS:
12.38.Aw, 11.15.Bt