2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/54516We evaluate the Wilson loop at second order in general non-covariant gauges by means of the causal principal-value prescription for the gauge- dependent poles in the gauge-boson propagator and show that the result agrees with the usual causal prescriptions.LaTex, 06 pages, no figuresHigh Energy Physics - Theorytext