Published December 15, 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Ghostless Feynman rules in non-Abelian gauge theories

  • 1. Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Description

We have found two sets of Feynman rules for non-Abelian gauge theories in which ghosts do not appear. These Feynman rules are derived from the canonical formalism which has the advantage (over the path-integral formalism) of the propagators having explicit boundary conditions. These boundary conditions are not necessarily those of Feynman. The new Feynman rules are, however, equivalent to the conventional ones in the Feynman gauge. This demonstrates that ghosts can be eliminated at the cost of Feynman's boundary conditions

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
12
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
3858-3862
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA