Faddeev-Popov ghosts

A form of Faddeev-Popov ghost — An extraneous field introduced into gauge quantum field theories to maintain the consistency of the path integral formulation.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Faddeev-Popov ghost
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