Published October 26, 1989 | Version v1
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Yang-Mills theory on a circle

Creators

  • 1. Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis (USA). School of Physics and Astronomy
  • 2. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA)

Description

In SU(N) gauge theory on the manifold S1xR1 (circle x time) the non-integrable phases of the Wilson line integrals are the only physical gauge field degrees of freedom. The dynamics of such phases are completely solved in pure gauge field theory in the Coulomb gauge. It is also shown that the presence of fermions drastically alters the structure of the vacuum. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
230
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
88-92
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
21008456
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENVALUES; ENERGY SPECTRA; FERMIONS; FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL; FIELD EQUATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; HAMILTONIANS; INTEGRALS; LAGRANGE EQUATIONS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; SU GROUPS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; VACUUM STATES; VECTOR FIELDS; WAVE FUNCTIONS; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPECTRA; SYMMETRY GROUPS; WAVE EQUATIONS

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC02-83ER40105