Reconstructing confined particles with complex singularities

Complex singularities have been suggested in propagators of confined particles, e.g., the Landau-gauge gluon propagator. We rigorously reconstruct Minkowski propagators from Euclidean propagators with complex singularities. As a result, the analytically continued Wightman function is holomorphic in the tube, and the Lorentz symmetry and locality are kept intact, whereas the reconstructed Wightman function violates the temperedness and the positivity condition. Moreover, we argue that complex singularities correspond to confined zero-norm states in an indefinite metric state space.

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Complex singularities have been found in propagators of confined particles, and Minkowski propagators are rigorously reconstructed from Euclidean propagators with complex singularities. The analytically continued Wightman function remains holomorphic in the tube, maintaining Lorentz symmetry and locality, while the reconstructed Wightman function violates temperedness and positivity conditions. Additionally, it is argued that complex singularities correspond to confined zero-norm states in an indefinite metric state space.