Nonquadratic gauge fixing and ghosts for gauge theories on the hypersphere
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP 05315-970 (Brazil)
- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7 (Canada)
It has been suggested that using a gauge fixing Lagrangian that is not quadratic in a gauge fixing condition is most appropriate for gauge theories formulated on a hypersphere. We reexamine the appropriate ghost action that is to be associated with gauge fixing, applying a technique that has been used for ensuring that the propagator for a massless spin-two field is transverse and traceless. It is shown that this nonquadratic gauge fixing Lagrangian leads to two pair of complex Fermionic ghosts and two Bosonic real ghosts.
- OSTI ID:
- 21607977
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 84, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.087705; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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