Asymptotic freedom: history and interpretation
Abstract
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In this lecture, the early history of asymptotic freedom is discussed. The first completely correct derivation of β_0 in non-abelian gauge theory (Khriplovich, 1969) was done in the Coulomb gauge; this derivation is reproduced (in modernized terms) in Sect. 2. A qualitative physical explanation of asymptotic freedom via chromomagnetic properties of vacuum (Nielsen, 1981) is discussed in Sect. 3.