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Solution of the Gribov problem from gauge invariance

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-06-25 v1

Abstract

A new approach to gauge fixed Yang-Mills theory is derived using the Polyakov-Susskind projection techniques to build gauge invariant states. In our approach, in contrast to the Faddeev-Popov method, the Gribov problem does not prevent the gauge group from being factored out of the partition function. Lattice gauge theory is used to illustrate the method via a calculation of the static quark-antiquark potential generated by the gauge fields in the fundamental modular region of Coulomb gauge.

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@article{arxiv.0812.2418,
  title  = {Solution of the Gribov problem from gauge invariance},
  author = {Kurt Langfeld and Tom Heinzl and Anton Ilderton and Martin Lavelle and David McMullan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.2418},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 2 figures; contribution to the Proceedings of the 8th Conference Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum, September 1-6 2008, Mainz, Germany