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Gauge invariance and fock states

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The Fock-space formulation is extended to nonabelian gauge theories. Using a kinematical potential instead of the Yang-Mills field, we construct invariant creation operators. Physical states are selected by the requirement that they remain invariant under a new gauge-invariant global transformation.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Leningrad, 198904, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.

    Yu. V. Novozhilov

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Novozhilov, Y.V. Gauge invariance and fock states. Lett Math Phys 8, 249–256 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00402241

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