Light-cone gauge in Yang-Mills theory

Journal Article · Sat Apr 14 23:00:00 EST 1984 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.29.1699· OSTI ID:6825989

Leibbrandt, G

A prescription for massless Feynman integrals in the light-cone gauge n/sub ..mu../A/sub ..mu..//sup a/ = 0, n/sup 2/ = 0, is suggested which leads to well-defined and exact, but Lorentz-noninvariant, integrals. As a result the Yang-Mills self-energy is likewise Lorentz noninvariant, but remains transverse in agreement with the Ward and Becchi-Rouet-Stora (BRS) identities. It is also shown that the assumption of Lorentz invariance of the integrals, coupled with the validity of the Ward (BRS) identity, leads to a nonlocal Yang-Mills self-energy.

• Research Organization: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 and Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, United Kingdom
• OSTI ID: 6825989
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 29:8; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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