Consistent perturbative light front formulation of Yang-Mills theories

Journal Article · Mon Nov 22 04:00:00 EST 1999 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1301673· OSTI ID:21210302

Morara, M; Soldati, R ^[1]; McCartor, G ^[2]

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1. Dipartimento di Fisica 'A. Righi', Universita di Bologna (Italy)
2. Department of Physics, SMU, Dallas, Texas (United States)

It is shown how to obtain the consistent light front form quantization of a non-Abelian pure Yang-Mills theory (gluondynamics) in the framework of the standard perturbative approach. After a short review of the previous attempts in the light cone gauge A{sub -}=0, it is explained how the difficulties can be overcome after turning to the anti light cone gauge A{sub +}=0. In particular, the generating functional of the renormalized Green's functions turns out to be the same as in the conventional instant form approach, leading to the Mandelstam-Leibbrandt prescription for the free gluon propagator.

• OSTI ID: 21210302
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 494; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
GLUONS
GREEN FUNCTION
LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY
LIGHT CONE
PERTURBATION THEORY
PROPAGATOR
QUANTIZATION
YANG-MILLS THEORY