QED in a unified axial-gauge formalism with a general gauge parameter

Journal Article · Tue Sep 15 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.2578· OSTI ID:7173870

Leibbrandt, G ^[1]; Richardson, K A ^[2]

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1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 (Canada)
2. Guelph Waterloo Program for Graduate Work in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 (Canada)

The QED fermion self-energy and vertex functions are calculated for general values of the gauge parameter {xi} with the unified-gauge formalism for axial-type gauges. The Ward identity is verified and the results are compared with the corresponding expressions in the Coulomb gauge and Feynman gauge.

• OSTI ID: 7173870
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 46:6; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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