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Quantization of gauge fields, graph polynomials and graph cohomology

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-11 v4

Abstract

We review quantization of gauge fields using algebraic properties of 3-regular graphs. We derive the Feynman integrand at n loops for a non-abelian gauge theory quantized in a covariant gauge from scalar integrands for connected 3-regular graphs, obtained from the two Symanzik polynomials. The transition to the full gauge theory amplitude is obtained by the use of a third, new, graph polynomial, the corolla polynomial. This implies effectively a covariant quantization without ghosts, where all the relevant signs of the ghost sector are incorporated in a double complex furnished by the corolla polynomial -we call it cycle homology- and by graph homology.

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@article{arxiv.1208.6477,
  title  = {Quantization of gauge fields, graph polynomials and graph cohomology},
  author = {Dirk Kreimer and Matthias Sars and Walter D. van Suijlekom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.6477},
  year   = {2015}
}

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44p, many figures, to appear

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