nLab Proca theory

Contents

Context

Quantum Field Theory

algebraic quantum field theory (perturbative, on curved spacetimes, homotopical)

Introduction

Concepts

field theory:

Lagrangian field theory

quantization

quantum mechanical system, quantum probability

free field quantization

gauge theories

interacting field quantization

renormalization

Theorems

States and observables

Operator algebra

Local QFT

Perturbative QFT

Contents

Idea

Proca theory (named after Alexandru Proca) is a form of gauge theory like Yang-Mills theory but with gauge bosons that carry mass.

References

  • Dorin N. Poenaru, Alexandru Calboreanu, Alexandru Proca (1897-1955) and his equation of the massive vector boson field, Europhysics News 37 5 (2006) 24-26 [doi:10.1051/epn:2006504]

  • Wikipedia, Proca action

Analytic solutions for flux tubes between quarks in Proca theory:

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