1995/01/31 by Gary McCartor, David G. Robertson · 4 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #BRST quantization #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge boson #Gauge fixing #Gauge theory #Light cone #Light cone gauge #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantization (signal processing) #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Singularity #Spurious relationship #Supersymmetric gauge theory #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/bf01566681
published as Z.Phys. C68 (1995) 345-351 · Revtex, 14 pages. One postscript figure (requires psfig). A brief discussion of necessary restrictions on the light-cone current operators has been added, and two references. Final version to appear in Z. Phys. C
arxiv created 1995/05/23 · openalex publication_date 1995/06/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Quantization of gauge theories on characteristic surfaces and in the light-cone gauge is discussed. Implementation of the Mandelstam-Leibbrandt prescription for the spurious singularity is shown to require two distinct null planes, with independent degrees of freedom initialized on each. The relation of this theory to the usual light-cone formulation of gauge field theory, using a single null plane, is described. A connection is established between this formalism and a recently given operator solution to the Schwinger model in the light-cone gauge.