Symmetry and Gauge Freedom
Belot, Gordon (2002) Symmetry and Gauge Freedom.
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Abstract
What is the significance of gauge freedom? This paper makes a start on answering this and other interpretative questions about classical and quantum gauge theories by situating classical gauge freedom in a framework in which its similarities to, and differences from, more familiar symmetries becomes apparent.
| Keywords: | gauge theories, Yang-Mills theories, geometric mechanics, relational mechanics |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences: Physics: Fields and Particles Specific Sciences: Physics Specific Sciences: Physics: Quantum Field Theory |
| ID Code: | 527 |
| Deposited By: | Belot, Gordon |
| Deposited On: | 11 January 2002 |
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