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BenTheMan
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Ok, I have a question about this Fade'ev Popov procedure of teasing out the ghosts when one quantizes a non-Abelian gauge theory with path integrals.
The factor of 1 that people insert, for some gauge fixing function f, and some non-Abelian symmetry [tex]\mathcal{G}[/tex] is:
[tex]1=\int \mathcal{D}U \delta[f(\mathbf{A})] \Delta[\mathbf{A}] [/tex],
where
[tex]\mathcal{D}U = \Pi d\theta[/tex],
and
[tex]U \in \mathcal{G}[/tex].
This is probably a stupid question, but the function [tex]\Delta[/tex] works out just to be a Jacobian of some sort over the manifold [tex]\mathcal{G}[/tex], right?
[tex]\Delta[\mathbf{A}] = det \left(\frac{\delta f}{\delta \theta}\right)[/tex]
I am confused because no one actually says this. Am I completely off base?
Thanks in advance for helping me, and tolerating a (possibly) stupid question!
The factor of 1 that people insert, for some gauge fixing function f, and some non-Abelian symmetry [tex]\mathcal{G}[/tex] is:
[tex]1=\int \mathcal{D}U \delta[f(\mathbf{A})] \Delta[\mathbf{A}] [/tex],
where
[tex]\mathcal{D}U = \Pi d\theta[/tex],
and
[tex]U \in \mathcal{G}[/tex].
This is probably a stupid question, but the function [tex]\Delta[/tex] works out just to be a Jacobian of some sort over the manifold [tex]\mathcal{G}[/tex], right?
[tex]\Delta[\mathbf{A}] = det \left(\frac{\delta f}{\delta \theta}\right)[/tex]
I am confused because no one actually says this. Am I completely off base?
Thanks in advance for helping me, and tolerating a (possibly) stupid question!
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