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Comment on gauge choices and physical variables in QED

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We consider possible definitions of physical variables in QED. We demonstrate that it is possible to select physical variables by imposing the conditionA 3=0. The standard expression for configuration space path integral inA 3=0 gauge is obtained starting with reduced phase space formulation. Contrary to the claims of the paper (Lavelle M. and McMullan D.,Phys. Lett. B,316 (1993) 172) theA 3=0 gauge is not overconstrained.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics, St. Petersburg University, 198904, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Vassilevich, D. Comment on gauge choices and physical variables in QED. Nuov Cim A 108, 123–126 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02814863

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