Open AccessAn Extension of Type I Gaugeon Formalism for Quantum Electrodynamics
Author(s) -
R. Endo
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-4081
pISSN - 0033-068X
DOI - 10.1143/ptp/90.5.1121
Subject(s) - physics , formalism (music) , gauge theory , quantum mechanics , quantum electrodynamics , quantum field theory , introduction to gauge theory , mathematical physics , theoretical physics , sign (mathematics) , quantum , mathematics , mathematical analysis , art , musical , visual arts
By introducing two kinds of gaugeon fields, we extend Yokoyama's Type Igaugeon formalism for quantum electrodynamics. The theory admits a q-numbergauge transformation by which we can shift the gauge parameter into arbitrarynumerical value; whereas in the original theory we cannot change the sign ofthe parameter. The relation to the Type II theory is also discussed.Comment: 13 pages, LaTeX, YAMAGATA-HEP-93-1
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