Light-front vacuum and instantons in two dimensions

2000/04/05 by A. Bassetto, Bassetto, A., Luca Griguolo +4
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0004026

16 pages, REVTEX. To appear in the proceedings of the CSSM Workshop on Light-Cone QCD and Nonperturbative Hadron Physics, Adelaide, Australia, Dec. 13-21, 1999

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Abstract

We review several aspects of Yang-Mills theory (YMT) in two dimensions, related to its perturbative and topological properties. Consistency between light-front and equal-time formulations is thoroughly discussed.

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