Renormalization of the Yang-Mills theories in the light-cone gauge

Journal Article · Sat Nov 14 23:00:00 EST 1987 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.36.3138· OSTI ID:5711344

Bassetto, A; Dalbosco, M; Soldati, R

The structure of the renormalization of the Yang-Mills theories in the light-cone gauge is investigated. It is shown that, despite the appearance of an infinite number of nonlocal divergent terms, the theory can be made finite to any order in the loop expansion by introducing a finite number of renormalization constants. Those constants can be interpreted as coefficients of a canonical transformation of fields and coupling constants in such a way that gauge invariance and unitarity of the renormalized theory are manifestly satisfied. In particular it is shown that the nonlocal structures are completely decoupled from the physical quantities.

• Research Organization: Dipartimento di Fisica ''G. Galilei,'' Universita-grave-accent di Padova, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Italy
• OSTI ID: 5711344
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 36:10; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LIGHT CONE
PERTURBATION THEORY
RENORMALIZATION
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