Physical and nonstandard gauges. Proceedings of a workshop organized at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Technical University, Vienna, Austria, September 19-23, 1989 (Q1188838)

The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually. Part I. Canonical quantization. Introduction. p. 2; \textit{H. Cheng}: Why canonical quantization is the only known way to quantize correctly. p. 3; \textit{L. Lazzizzera}: Canonical quantization of Yang-Mills theories in axial and planar gauges. p. 15; \textit{A. Burnel}: BRST - Approach to noncovariant gauges. p. 26; \textit{K. Haller}, Canonical quantization of gauge theories in axial gauges. p. 33; \textit{E.-C. Tsai}: Gauge invariance and BRS quantum field theory. p. 41; \textit{C. A. P. Galvão} and \textit{P.Gaete}: Some aspects of the Fock-Schwinger and Poincaré gauges. p. 52. Part II. Spurious poles and problems with Feynman integrals. Introduction. p. 60; \textit{A. Bassetto}: Good and bad news concerning axial gauges. p. 61; \textit{P. V. Landshoff}: The temporal gauge: Where do we stand? p. 74; \textit{G. Leibbrandt}: Unified-gauge formalism at two loops. p. 87; \textit{G. Pollak}: Renormalization and the S-matrix in YM theory in axial gauges. p. 102; \textit{R. Soldati}: Tests of gauge invariance in quantum local gauge field theories. p. 116; \textit{H. C. Lee}: The analytic, principal-value and Landshoff prescriptions for axial gauges. p. 127; \textit{J. C. Taylor}: Trouble even with the Coulomb gauge. p. 137; \textit{A. C. Kalloniatis} and \textit{R. J. Crewther}: Temporal gauge propagator from the Coulomb gauge. p. 145; \textit{S.-L. Nyeo}: Regularization and Feynman rules. p. 150; \textit{M. Poljšak}: A criterion of consistency for gauge theories in the axial gauge. p. 159; \textit{G. Nardelli}: A check of the Lee-Ward identities in the planar gauge with the Leibbrandt-Mandelstam prescription. p. 168. Part III. Renormalization and gauge (in)dependence of Yang-Mills theories in noncovariant gauges. Introduction. p. 176; \textit{C. Becchi}: Nonstandard gauges: A personal point of view. p. 177; \textit{O. Piguet}: Gauge independence through extended BRS symmetry: Application to the light-cone gauge. p. 185; \textit{H. Skarke}: Extended BRS-symmetry and renormalization in the axial gauge. p. 195; \textit{W. Kummer}, Superaxial gauges. p. 202; \textit{A. Andraši}: The Piguet-Sibold identities and the lighgt-cone gauge. p. 210; \textit{E. Bagan} and \textit{C. P. Martin}: BRS techniques applied to the temporal-planar gauge with the Vienna prescription: the dependence on the axial vectors. p. 217; \textit{H. Balasin}: Comments on the proof of the renormalized action principle. p. 225;; \textit{V. Elias}: On-shell compatibility of clashing gauges in quark condensate contributions to standard model selfenergies. p. 232; \textit{M. Lavelle} and \textit{M. Schaden}: Beyond perturbation theory in the axial gauge. p. 240; \textit{M. Ögren}, Cancellation of 1/n\(\cdot p\)-factors. p. 249; \textit{G. Wanders}: The gluon propagator in two-dimensional space- time. p. 256. Part IV. QCD at finite temperature. Introduction. p. 262; \textit{K. Kajantie}: Hot gluon matter and physical gauges. p. 263; \textit{R. Kobes} and \textit{G. Kunstatter}: Gluon response functions in noncovariant gauges. p. 272; \textit{U. Kraemmer} et al.: Towards a consistent calculation of the QCD plasmon damping constant. p. 285; \textit{E. d'Emilio} and \textit{S. Catani}: Nonlocality, coexistence of UV and IR asymptotic freedom and the Landau damping of hot QCD plasma. p. 296; \textit{K. A. James}: The temporal axial gauge at finite temperature. p. 303.