Faddeev-Popov ghost

English

Etymology

Named after Ludvig Faddeev and Victor Popov.

Noun

Faddeev-Popov ghost (plural Faddeev-Popov ghosts)

  1. (particle physics) An extraneous field introduced into gauge quantum field theories to maintain the consistency of the path integral formulation.

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