Background field method and nonlinear gauges

We present a reformulation of the background field method for Yang-Mills type theories, based on using a superalgebra of generators of BRST and background field transformations. The new approach enables one to implement and consistently use non-linear gauges in a natural way, by using the requiremen...

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Main Authors: Breno L. Giacchini, Peter M. Lavrov, Ilya L. Shapiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269319305969