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- Title
THE MOST GENERAL AND RENORMALIZABLE MAXIMAL ABELIAN GAUGE.
- Authors
Shinohara,, Toru; Imai, Takahito; Kondo, Kei-ichi
- Abstract
We construct the most general gauge fixing and the associated Faddeev–Popov ghost term for the SU(2) Yang–Mills theory, which leaves the global U(1) gauge symmetry intact (i.e. the most general Maximal Abelian gauge). We show that the most general form involves eleven independent gauge parameters. Then we require various symmetries which help to reduce the number of independent parameters for obtaining the simpler form. In the simplest case, the off-diagonal part of the gauge fixing term obtained in this way is identical to the modified maximal Abelian gauge term with two gauge parameters which was proposed in the previous paper from the viewpoint of renormalizability. In this case, moreover, we calculate the beta function, anomalous dimensions of all fields and renormalization group functions of all gauge parameters in perturbation theory to one-loop order. We also discuss the implication of these results to obtain information on low-energy physics of QCD.
- Subjects
ABELIAN groups; YANG-Mills theory; GAUGE field theory; RENORMALIZATION (Physics); BETA functions; PERTURBATION theory; QUANTUM chromodynamics
- Publication
International Journal of Modern Physics A: Particles & Fields; Gravitation; Cosmology; Nuclear Physics, 2003, Vol 18, Issue 31, p5733
- ISSN
0217-751X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0217751X03016008