Koopman-von Neumann formulation of classical Yang-Mills theories: I

DOI10.1002/ANDP.200510177MaRDI QIDQ5469005zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

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Publication date 16 May 2006

Published in Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0508244

zbMATH Keywords

gauge-fixingFaddeev-Popov determinantpath-integral formulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

Abstract: In this paper we present the Koopman-von Neumann (KvN) formulation of classical non-Abelian gauge field theories. In particular we shall explore the functional (or classical path integral) counterpart of the KvN method. In the quantum path integral quantization of Yang-Mills theories concepts like gauge-fixing and Faddeev-Popov determinant appear in a quite natural way. We will prove that these same objects are needed also in this classical path integral formulation for Yang-Mills theories. We shall also explore the classical path integral counterpart of the BFV formalism and build all the associated universal and gauge charges. These last are quite different from the analog quantum ones and we shall show the relation between the two. This paper lays the foundation of this formalism which, due to the many auxiliary fields present, is rather heavy. Applications to specific topics outlined in the paper will appear in later publications.

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