Published August 4, 1986
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Journal article
Inconsistency of Feynman rules derived via path integration
Creators
- 1. Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Description
We show that the Feynman rules in the covariant α gauge, the Coulomb gauge, and the axial gauge, in the generally adopted form derived via the Faddeev-Popov formalism, are inconsistent with one another. We suggest that they be replaced by the canonically derived ones, which are consistent. In particular, the Feynman rules in the Coulomb gauge contain the contribution of the anomalous Coulomb interaction, and the Feynman rules in the axial gauge with the principal-value prescription contain the contribution of ghost loops
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 57
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 511-514
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18015399
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COULOMB FIELD; FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL; FIELD THEORIES; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GLUONS; PROPAGATOR; VECTOR MESONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HADRONS; INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIONS; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MESON RESONANCES; MESONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; RESONANCE PARTICLES; TRANSFORMATIONS