Published August 4, 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Inconsistency of Feynman rules derived via path integration

  • 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

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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