Relativistic gauges without Faddeev-Popov ghosts in Yang-Mills theory

Journal Article · Tue May 15 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.29.2344· OSTI ID:6760307

Burnel, A

A relativistic formulation of non-Abelian gauge theories without Faddeev-Popov ghosts is presented. It is based on equations of motion which respect the gauge symmetry but cannot be deduced from a Lagrangian. As a consequence, the three-particle vertex functions are symmetric under the exchange of two lines only. Four-particle vertex functions are not altered. Because of the manifest gauge symmetry of the field equations, there should be no problem with the renormalizability of such a theory.

• Research Organization: Physique Theorique et Mathematique, Institut de Physique au Sart Tilman, Universite de Liege, B-4000, Liege 1, Belgium
• OSTI ID: 6760307
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 29:10; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ENERGY
EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
FIELD EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
FUNCTIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
HAMILTONIANS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
MATHEMATICAL SPACE
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PHASE SPACE
PROPAGATOR
QUANTUM OPERATORS
RELATIVITY THEORY
RENORMALIZATION
SELF-ENERGY
SPACE
VERTEX FUNCTIONS
YANG-MILLS THEORY