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Observables and quark confinement in the covariant canonical formalism of Yang-Mills theory II

Absence of localized coloured/charged physical states and roles of coherent photons

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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The theorem stating the absence of localized charged physical states in QED is extended to QCD in the manifestly covariant canonical formalism. The correct relation between the Gupta-Bleuler condition and the coherent photon states associated to the charged sectors is clarified in the case of QED, which secures the existence of electrons as non-localized charged physical states.

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  1. Research Instite for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, 606, Kyoto, Japan

    Izumi Ojima

  2. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, 606, Kyoto, Japan

    Hiroyuki Hata

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Ojima, I., Hata, H. Observables and quark confinement in the covariant canonical formalism of Yang-Mills theory II. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 1, 405–412 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01546980

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