QCD sum rule analysis of the field strength correlator

The gauge invariant two-point correlator for the gluon field strength tenso r is analysed by means of the QCD sum rule method. To this end, we make use of a relation of this correlator to a two-point function for a quark-gluon hybrid in the limit of the quark mass going to infinity. From the sum rule s a relation between the gluon correlation length and the gluon condensate is obtained. We briefly compare our results to recent determinations of the field strength correlator on the lattice. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B,V. A ll rights reserved.