Phys. Rev. D 55, 2331–2346 (1997)Yang-Mills theory in a modified axial gaugeReceived 15 July 1996; published in the issue dated 15 February 1997 The Yang-Mills functional integral is studied in an axial variant of ’t Hooft’s maximal Abelian gauge. In this gauge Gauss’ law can be completely resolved resulting in a description in terms of unconstrained variables. Compared to previous work along this line starting with the work of Goldstone and Jackiw one ends up here with half as many integration variables, in addition to a field living in the Cartan subgroup of the gauge group and in D-1 dimensions. The latter is of particular relevance for the infrared behavior of the theory. Keeping only this variable we calculate the Wilson loop and find an area law. © 1997 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.2331
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.55.2331
PACS:
11.15.Tk, 11.15.Kc, 11.15.Me
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