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Gauge Invariance — A Brief Review
Author(s) -
Epstein Saul T.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.198000016
Subject(s) - gauge (firearms) , introduction to gauge theory , gauge theory , hamiltonian lattice gauge theory , gauge anomaly , supersymmetric gauge theory , theoretical physics , chemistry , gauge fixing , gauge boson , mathematical physics , physics , archaeology , history
The gauge properties of exact solutions, and of optimal variational solutions for static magnetic fields are reviewed. Also various other topics are discussed, including the optimal choice of gauge, gauge factors, gauge invariance and current conservation, minimal variance gauges, and the Thomson bound.