Guay, Alexandre (2006) Why Yang-Mills theories? In: UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)

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The elucidation of the gauge principle ``is the most pressing problem in current philosophy of physics" Redhead. This paper argues two points that contribute to this elucidation in the context of Yang-Mills theories. 1) Yang-Mills theories, including quantum electrodynamics, form a class. They should be interpreted together. To focus on electrodynamics is a mistake. 2) The essential role of gauge and BRST surplus is to provide a local theory that can be quantized and would be equivalent to the quantization of the non-local reduced theory.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Guay, Alexandre
Additional Information:	Paper presented to the 2006 Annual Conference of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science.
Keywords:	gauge theory, Yang-Mills theory,
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Depositing User:	Alexandre Guay
Date Deposited:	11 Jul 2006
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:14
Item ID:	2825
Public Domain:	Yes
Conference Date:	July 6-7
Conference Location:	University of Southampton
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Date:	2006
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2825

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