Consistent axial--like gauge fixing on hypertori

Details Consistent axial--like gauge fixing on hypertori Consistent axial--like gauge fixing on hypertori

1993-08-25

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9308115v1

Mod.Phys.Lett.A9:2913-2926,1994

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

12 pages, UBCTP 93-13, LA-UR-93-2991

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217732394002756

We analyze the Gribov problem for $\SU(N)$ and $\U(N)$ Yang-Mills fields on $d$-dimensional tori, $d=2,3,\ldots$. We give an improved version of the axial gauge condition and find an infinite, discrete group $\cG'=\Z^{dr}\rtimes({\Z_2}^{N-1}\rtimes\Z_2)$, where $r=N-1$ for $\GG=\SU(N)$ and $r=N$ for $\GG=\U(N)$, containing all gauge transformations compatible with that condition. This residual gauge group $\cG'$ provides (generically) all Gribov copies and allows to explicitly determine the space of gauge orbits which is an orbifold. Our results apply to Yang-Mills gauge theories either in the Lagrangian approach on $d$-dimensional space-time $T^d$, or in the Hamiltonian approach on $(d+1)$-dimensional space-time $T^d\times \R$. Using the latter, we argue that our results imply a non-trivial structure of all physical states in any Yang-Mills theory, especially if also matter fields are present.

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