Subsidiary condition for Yang-Mills theory

Journal Article · Wed Dec 14 23:00:00 EST 1983 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.28.3054· OSTI ID:5375588

Haller, K

A subsidiary condition for Yang-Mills theory is given. A prescription is proposed for using such a subsidiary condition to eliminate unphysical degrees of freedom from gauge theories in covariant gauges. It is pointed out that elimination of such unphysical modes can generate explicit nonlocal interactions among particles in the physical subspace. The Coulomb interactions among charged particles in QED is one such nonlocal interaction that can be generated in this way. It is argued that confining forces among color-bearing combinations of quarks and transverse gluons in QCD might be another.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06268
• OSTI ID: 5375588
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 28:12; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COLOR MODEL
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ELECTRODYNAMICS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FIELD THEORIES
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GLUONS
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PARTICLE MODELS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARK MODEL
QUARKS
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