GLUON PROPAGATOR IN NON-ABELIAN WEIZSACKER-WILLIAMS FIELDS

We carefully compute the gluon propagator in the background of a non-A belian Weizacker-Williams field. This background field is generated by the valence quarks in very large nuclei. We find contact terms in the small fluctuation equations of motion which induce corrections to a p reviously incorrect result for the gluon propagator in such a backgrou nd field. The well-known problem of the Hermiticity of certain operato rs in the light cone gauge is resolved for the WeizsLcker-Williams bac kground field. This is achieved by working in a gauge where singular t erms in the equations of motion are absent and then gauge transforming the small fluctuation fields to the light cone gauge.