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View SchemaYang-Mills redux
| Authors | Samuel L. Marateck |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0609084 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0609084 |
Abstract
It is noted that a given pairing of the phase factor and gauge transformation to retain gauge symmetry is not unique. In their seminal paper, when Yang and Mills (YM) discuss the phase factor - gauge transformation relationship, they cite Pauli's review paper. It is interesting that although Pauli in that paper presents the electromagnetic field strength in terms of a commutator, for whatever reason YM did not extrapolate the commutator's use to obtain the Yang-Mills field strength -- they obtained it by trial and error. Presented is a derivation of this field strength using the commutator approach detailing how certain terms cancel each other. Finally, the Yang-Mills field transformation is derived in a slightly different way than is traditionally done.
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