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Functional Analysis for Gauge Fields on the Front-Form and the Light-Cone Gauge

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Constrained systems in quantum field theories call for a careful study of diverse classes of constraints and consistency checks over their temporal evolution. Here we study the functional structure of the free electromagnetic and pure Yang–Mills fields on the front-form coordinates with the null-plane gauge condition. It is seen that in this framework, we can deal with strictu sensu physical fields.

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    Present address: Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8202, USA

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  1. Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT/UNESP), UNESP, São Paulo State University, Caixa Postal 70532-2, 01156-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    B. M. Pimentel & A. T. Suzuki

  2. Departamento de Física, Universidad de Nariño, Clle 18, Kra 50, San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia

    G. E. R. Zambrano

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Pimentel, B.M., Suzuki, A.T. & Zambrano, G.E.R. Functional Analysis for Gauge Fields on the Front-Form and the Light-Cone Gauge. Few-Body Syst 52, 437–442 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-011-0263-4

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