Lattice study of the infrared behavior of QCD Green's functions in Landau gauge

Abstract

We summarize the current status of our numerical results for the gluon and ghost propagators and for the Kugo-Ojima confinement parameter in quenched SU(3) lattice Landau gauge theory. The data for the propagators are compared to our results obtained in the case of full QCD, simulated using two flavors of dynamical clover-improved Wilson fermions. We demonstrate that the infrared behavior of the ghost propagator is consistent with the Kugo-Ojima confinement criterion. Explicit violation of reflection positivity by the gluon propagator is shown. Additionally, we present results of a running coupling constant both at low and at large momenta.