Generalized pinch technique and the background field method in general gauges

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 487, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 467-491

  Pilaftsis, Apostolos ^a,b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Background field method; Gauge invariance; Pinch technique; Yang Mills theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031550730     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00686-4     Document Type: Article

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