Abstract
In this talk we will summarise a systematic approach to constructing physical, i.e., gauge-invariant, fields describing charged particles. We will show that this can be done in a well defined way in abelian theories and perturbatively in non-abelian theories. Various perturbative tests in three and four dimensions will be reported. The existence of a non-perturbative obstruction to the observability of quarks will be demonstrated. Finally the extension to magnetic charges is discussed and their non-existence in pure SU(2) is shown. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 277-280 |
Journal | Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements |
Volume | 133 |
Issue number | 1-3 SUPPL. |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2004 |