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Generalized Coordinate Gauge and Nonabelian Stokes Theorem

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

A contour gauge of general type is analysed where 1-form (vector potential) is expressed as a contour integral of the 2-form (field strength) along an arbitrary contour CC. For a special class of contours the gauge condition reduces to kμ(x)Aμ(x)=0k_{\mu}(x) A_{\mu}(x) = 0 where kμ(x)k_{\mu}(x) is a tangent vector to the contour CC. A simple proof of the nonabelian Stokes theorem is given demonstrating the advantage of the gauge.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9802134,
  title  = {Generalized Coordinate Gauge and Nonabelian Stokes Theorem},
  author = {V. I. Shevchenko and Yu. A. Simonov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9802134},
  year   = {2007}
}

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