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Title: Covariant-derivative expansion of the effective action and the Schwinger-Fock gauge condition

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

We show how the Schwinger-Fock gauge condition can be invoked to simplify the calculation of the covariant-derivative expansion of the one-loop effective action by reducing the problem to one for which expanding in ordinary derivatives and gauge fields independently is sufficient to guarantee manifest gauge covariance.

Research Organization:
Department of Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, United Kingdom
OSTI ID:
5084190
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Vol. 34:6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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