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Abstract Wiener measure using abelian Yang-Mills action on $\mathbb{R}^4$

Probability 2025-01-20 v8 Mathematical Physics Functional Analysis math.MP

Abstract

Let g\mathfrak{g} be the Lie algebra of a compact Lie group. For a g\mathfrak{g}-valued 1-form AA, consider the Yang-Mills action \begin{equation} S_{{\rm YM}}(A) = \int_{\mathbb{R}^4} \left|dA + A \wedge A \right|^2\ d\omega \nonumber \end{equation} using the Euclidean metric on TR4T\mathbb{R}^4. When we consider the Lie group U(1){\rm U}(1), the Lie algebra g\mathfrak{g} is isomorphic to Ri\mathbb{R} \otimes i, thus AA=0A \wedge A = 0. For a simple closed loop CC, we want to make sense of the following path integral, \begin{equation} \frac{1}{Z}\ \int_{A \in \mathcal{A} /\mathcal{G}} \exp \left[ \int_{C} A\right] e^{-\frac{1}{2}\int_{\mathbb{R}^4}|dA|^2\ d\omega}\ DA, \nonumber \end{equation} whereby DADA is some Lebesgue type of measure on the space A/G\mathcal{A} /\mathcal{G} containing g\mathfrak{g}-valued 1-forms modulo gauge transformations, and ZZ is some partition function. We will construct an Abstract Wiener space for which we can define the above Yang-Mills path integral rigorously, applying renormalization techniques found in lattice gauge theory. We will further show that the Area Law formula does not hold in the abelian Yang-Mills theory.

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@article{arxiv.1701.01529,
  title  = {Abstract Wiener measure using abelian Yang-Mills action on $\mathbb{R}^4$},
  author = {Adrian P. C. Lim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.01529},
  year   = {2025}
}