Applications of Noncovariant Gauges in the Algebraic Renormalization Procedure

Applications of Noncovariant Gauges in the Algebraic Renormalization Procedure
Author: A. Boresch
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1998
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789810234560

This volume is a natural continuation of the book Algebraic Renormalization, Perturbative Renormalization, Symmetries and Anomalies, by O Piguet and S P Sorella, with the aim of applying the algebraic renormalization procedure to gauge field models quantized in nonstandard gauges. The main ingredient of the algebraic renormalization program is the quantum action principle, which allows one to control in a unique manner the breaking of a symmetry induced by a noninvariant subtraction scheme. In particular, the volume studies in-depth the following quantized gauge field models: QED, Yang-Mills theories and topological models (the Chern-Simons and the BF model) in the context of axial-like gauges.

Yang-Mills Theories in Algebraic Non-covariant Gauges

Yang-Mills Theories in Algebraic Non-covariant Gauges
Author: A. Bassetto
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1991
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789810205782

This volume deals with canonical quantization, Feynman rules and renormalization of Yang-Mills theories in algebraic non-covariant gauges (typically axial and light-cone gauges). The material is self-contained and presented in a basic manner according to a personal style representative of a long lasting activity in the field. Emphasis is always placed on the underlying basic concepts of Quantum Field Theory, even when particular examples are treated, details and the related difficulties are thoroughly discussed. The value of the book goes beyond the specificity of its subject.

Book Review Index

Book Review Index
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 1520
Release: 2003
Genre: Books
ISBN:

Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.

CERN Courier

CERN Courier
Author: European Organization for Nuclear Research
Publisher:
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1999
Genre: Nuclear energy
ISBN:

This journal is devoted to the latest research on physics, publishing articles on everything from elementary particle behavior to black holes and the history of the universe.

Noncovariant Gauges

Noncovariant Gauges
Author: George Leibbrandt
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1994
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9810213840

Some of the most effective gauges in field theory are noncovariant gauges of the axial kind, such as the light-cone gauge and the temporal gauge. The principal advantage of these gauges stems from the decoupling of the fictitious particles in the theory. The purpose of this volume is to give a clear and readable account of the basic features and mathematical subtleties of these ghost-free gauges, and of their truly enormous range of applicability.In addition to explicit one-loop computations in Yang-Mills and Chern-Simons theory, the book contains detailed analysis of the unifield-gauge formalism and of the renormalization of Yang-Mills theory in the presence of nonlocal terms.