Physical and Nonstandard Gauges: Proceedings of a Workshop Organized at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Technical University, Vienna, Austria September 19–23, 1989

P. Gaigg, W. Kummer, M. Schweda (eds.)3540528156, 9783540528159, 0387528156

In gauge theories, quantization can only be performed in certain fixed gauges, but physical gauges often lead to mathematical complications in the theory. In this volume recent results in noncovariant gauge fixing (including supersymmetry) and renormalizability are thoroughly discussed. It is the first comprehensive presentation of this subject written by leading experts in the field.

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Table of contents :
Introduction….Pages 2-2
Why canonical quantization is the only known way to quantize correctly….Pages 2-14
Canonical quantization of Yang-Mills theories in axial and planar gauges….Pages 15-25
BRST-approach to noncovariant gauges….Pages 26-32
Canonical quantization of gauge theories in axial gauges….Pages 33-40
Gauge invariance and BRS quantum field theory….Pages 41-51
Some aspects of the Fock-Schwinger and poincaré gauges….Pages 52-57
Introduction….Pages 60-60
Good and bad news concerning axial gauges….Pages 60-73
The temporal gauge: Where do we stand?….Pages 74-86
Unified-gauge formalism at two loops….Pages 87-101
Renormalization and the S- matrix in YM theory in axial gauges….Pages 102-115
Tests of gauge invariance in quantum local gauge field theories….Pages 116-126
The analytic, principal-value and Landshoff prescriptions for axial gauges….Pages 127-136
Trouble even with the Coulomb gauge….Pages 137-144
Temporal gauge propagator from the Coulomb gauge….Pages 145-149
Regularization and Feynman rules in noncovariant gauges….Pages 150-158
A criterion of consistency for gauge theories in the axial gauge….Pages 159-167
A check of the Lee-Ward identities in the planar gauge with the Leibbrandt-Mandelstam prescription….Pages 168-174
Introduction….Pages 176-176
Nonstandard gauges: A personal point of view….Pages 176-184
Gauge independence through extended BRS symmetry: Application to the light-cone gauge….Pages 185-194
Extended BRS-symmetry and renormalization in the axial gauge….Pages 195-201
Superaxial gauges….Pages 202-209
The Piguet-Sibold identities and the light-cone gauge….Pages 210-216
BRS techniques applied to the temporal-planar gauge with the vienna prescription: The dependence on the axial vectors….Pages 217-224
Comments on the proof of the renormalized action principle….Pages 225-231
On-shell compatibility of clashing gauges in quark condensate contributions to standard model selfenergies….Pages 232-239
Beyond perturbation theory in the axial gauge….Pages 240-248
Cancellation of 1/ n · .p -factors in light-cone gauge Yang-Mills theory….Pages 249-255
The gluon propagator in two dimensional space-time….Pages 256-260
Introduction….Pages 262-262
Hot gluon matter and physical gauges….Pages 262-271
Gluon response functions in noncovariant gauges….Pages 272-284
Towards a consistent calculation of the QCD plasmon damping constant’….Pages 285-295
Nonlocality, Coexistence of UV and IR Asymptotic Freedom and the Landau Damping of Hot QCD Plasma….Pages 296-302
The temporal axial gauge at finite temperature….Pages 303-310