On the SL(2, ℝ) symmetry in Yang-Mills theories in the Landau, Curci-Ferrari and maximal abelian gauge

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 139-151

  Dudal, David ^a   Verschelde, Henri ^a   Lemes, Vitor Emanuel Rodino ^b   Sarandy, Marcelo S ^b   Sorella, Silvio Paolo ^b   Picariello, Marco ^c,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

BRST Quantization; Confinement; Nonperturbative Effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044515016     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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