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

Journal Article · Tue May 15 00:00:00 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), Vol. 29:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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