The Wilson Loop in Yang-Mills Theory in the General Axial Gauge
| dc.creator | Hand, Brian J. | |
| dc.creator | Leibbrandt, George | |
| dc.date | 1995-11-20 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:21:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:21:40Z | |
| dc.description | We test the unified-gauge formalism by computing a Wilson loop in Yang-Mills theory to one-loop order. The unified-gauge formalism is characterized by the abritrary, but fixed, four-vector $N_μ$, which collectively represents the light-cone gauge $(N^2 = 0)$, the temporal gauge $(N^2 > 0)$, the pure axial gauge $(N^2 < 0)$ and the planar gauge $(N^2 < 0)$. A novel feature of the calculation is the use of distinct sets of vectors, $\{ n_μ, n_μ^{\ast} \}$ and $\{N_μ, N_μ^{\ast}\}$, for the path and for the gauge-fixing constraint, respectively. The answer for the Wilson loop is independent of $N_μ$, and agrees numerically with the result obtained in the Feymman gauge. | |
| dc.description | 12 pages, 2 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9511140 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9511140 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/54413 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | The Wilson Loop in Yang-Mills Theory in the General Axial Gauge | |
| dc.type | text |