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Canonical quantization of gauge fields. I. The Yang-Mills field

Journal Article · · Chin. Phys.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6331759
The Yang-Mills field is quantized within the canonical formalism in covariant gauges. The interaction Lagrangian of chi and chi', i.e., the unphysical components of A/sub ..mu../, is studied. In this Lagrangian there is only the one term contributing to the S-matrix elements between physical states. It is the source of the breaking of the unitarity of the physical S-matrix. We get the gauge compensating term by solving a simple functional differential equation. If the gauge compensating term is added to the action, the S-matrix in the physical state vector space can be expressed in a form which has no couplings of physical and unphysical particles, and so the physical S-matrix is gauge-independent and unitary.
Research Organization:
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui
OSTI ID:
6331759
Journal Information:
Chin. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: Chin. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 1:2; ISSN CHPHD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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