On string-localized potentials and gauge fields

DOI10.1007/S11005-019-01203-WzbMATH Open1427.81079arXiv1904.10055OpenAlexW2941421803WikidataQ127311022 ScholiaQ127311022MaRDI QIDQ2011185FDOQ2011185

Authors: Detlev Buchholz, Fabio Ciolli, Giuseppe Ruzzi, Ezio Vasselli 

Publication date: 28 November 2019

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A recent idea, put forward by Mund, Rehren and Schroer, is discussed; it suggests that in gauge quantum field theory one can replace the point-localized gauge fields by string-localized vector potentials built from gauge invariant observables and a principle of string-independence. Based on a kinematical model, describing unmovable (static) fields carrying opposite charges, it is shown that these string-localized potentials cannot be used for the description of the gauge bridges between electrically charged fields. These bridges are needed in order to ensure the validity of Gauss' law. This observation does not preclude the existence of Poincar'e invariant theories, describing the coupling of string-localized gauge invariant potentials to matter fields. But these potentials are not a full-fledged substitute for the gauge fields in ``usual quantum electrodynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.10055

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zbMATH Keywords

gauge bridgesGauss's lawstring-localized observable potentials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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