The configuration space of low-dimensional Yang-Mills theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 524, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 695-741

  Pause, T ^a   Heinzl, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gauge fixing; Gauge invariant variables; Gribov problem; Yang Mills theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032479706     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00260-0     Document Type: Article

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