Quantization of gauge fields without the path-integral formalism
Journal Article
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· Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
A general treatment is given for the quantization of gauge fields, which makes use of the standard field theory but avoids the path-integral formalism. For this purpose, an appropriate extension of the procedure used for the quantization of the electromagnetic field with an indefinite metric is carried out by introducing nonphysical self-commuting fields. The treatment is applied to the Yang-Mills field, Einstein's gravitational field, and the Higgs model as examples of massless and massive gauge fields. Then, the gauge-compensating terms for an arbitrary gauge field are derived, and shown to be identical to those obtained by means of the path-integral formalism. (AIP)
- Research Organization:
- Department of Physics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
- OSTI ID:
- 7342255
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 14:10; ISSN PRVDA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
FIELD THEORIES
FUNCTIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
HIGGS MODEL
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METRICS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
YANG-MILLS THEORY
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
FIELD THEORIES
FUNCTIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
HIGGS MODEL
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METRICS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
YANG-MILLS THEORY