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Abelian charges in a nonabelian Yang-Mills theory from the stratification of the space of gauge potentials

N.a. PapadopoulosB. ReifenhäuserA. KerschA. Heil

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PhysicsHigh Energy Physics::TheoryGauge bosonIntroduction to gauge theoryQuantum gauge theoryHamiltonian lattice gauge theoryHigh Energy Physics::LatticeSpontaneous symmetry breakingGeneral Physics and AstronomyYang–Mills theoryGauge theoryAbelian groupMathematical physics

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Abstract The Abelian charges in a non-Abelian Yang-Mills-Dirac theory arising from the reduction of the structure group are studied. They are defined by the concept of the stabilizer gauge transformations. Their properties are investigated. The relationship between the whole class of stabilizers and the stratification of the space of gauge potentials is given. The effect of the spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism on these charges is discussed.

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1992-08-01Annals of Physics
https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-4916(92)90150-k