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On the light-cone formulation of classical non-abelian gauge theory

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For a classical Yang-Mills field which is periodic in the longitudinal light-cone coordinate: (a) a gauge condition is formulated, (b) the presence of field singularities in this gauge is shown, and (c) the relevance of these singularities to the topological charge is demonstrated.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Leningrad, Leningrad, USSR

    V. A. Franke, Yuri V. Novozhilov & E. V. Prokhvatilov

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  1. V. A. Franke
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Franke, V.A., Novozhilov, Y.V. & Prokhvatilov, E.V. On the light-cone formulation of classical non-abelian gauge theory. Lett Math Phys 5, 239–245 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00420704

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