Published September 15, 1979 | Version v1
Journal article

Gribov ambiguity without topological charge

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, B-019, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093

Description

Examples of gauge transform pairs of fields A (x), A' (x) in non-Abelian gauge theories are constructed in which (1) both are in the Coulomb gauge, (2) both have zero topological charge, (3) both fall faster than 1/r at large r, and therefore occur in the compactified theory. These examples illustrate the fact that the Gribov ambiguity encompasses a larger variety of phenomena than those described by instantons

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
6
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1460-1462
ISSN
0556-2821