DIRAC SHEETS AND GAUGE-FIXING IN U(1) LATTICE GAUGE-THEORY

Authors
BORNYAKOV VG MITRJUSHKIN VK MULLERPREUSSKER M PAHL F
Citation
Vg. Bornyakov et al., DIRAC SHEETS AND GAUGE-FIXING IN U(1) LATTICE GAUGE-THEORY, Physics letters. Section B, 317(4), 1993, pp. 596-603
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
317
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
596 - 603
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1993)317:4<596:DSAGIU>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Photon correlators in U(1) pure gauge theory for different lattice act ions are considered under the Lorentz gauge condition. They are shown to depend strongly on the gauge fixing ambiguity and on the correspond ing existence of Dirac sheets. For the Coulomb phase a gauge fixing al gorithm is proposed which avoids Dirac sheets and allows to find the g lobal extremum of the non-local gauge condition.