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Renormalization of gauge invariant composite operators in light-cone gauge

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We generalize to composite operators concepts and techniques which have been successful in proving renormalization of the effective Action in light-cone gauge. Gauge invariant operators can be grouped into classes, closed under renormalization, which is matrix-wise. In spite of the presence of non-local counterterms, an ``effective" dimensional hierarchy still guarantees that any class is endowed with a finite number of elements. The main result we find is that gauge invariant operators under renormalization mix only among themselves, thanks to the very simple structure of Lee-Ward identities in this gauge, contrary to their behaviour in covariant gauges.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9308006,
  title  = {Renormalization of gauge invariant composite operators in light-cone gauge},
  author = {C. Acerbi and A. Bassetto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9308006},
  year   = {2009}
}

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35100 Padova, Italy DFPD 93/TH/53, July 1993 documentstyle[preprint,aps]{revtex}