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gauge theory

n. Physics
Any of various theories based upon a gauge symmetry. Current fundamental theories, such as the standard model of particle physics, are gauge theories.
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gauge theory

n
(Nuclear Physics) physics a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
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Li, "Gauge transformation and symmetries of the commutative multicomponent BKP hierarchy," Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, vol.
In the article titled "Geometric Framework for Unified Field Theory Using Finsler Gauge Transformation" [1], the name of the second author was given incorrectly as Sachin Jangir.
This form contains terms which cannot be elliminated by a holomorphic gauge transformation.
Kundu, "Exact solutions to higher-order nonlinear equations through gauge transformation," Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, vol.
As a result, in order to get a symmetric EMEM tensor for a system with charges, the corresponding gauge transformation (3) should be based on Eq.
We lay emphasis on the fact that the variable z(t) behaves like a gauge variable [32] because, under the gauge transformation, it transforms as [delta]z(t) = [??](t).
It will be essential to find a mathematical criterion that distinguishes this condition rather than simply asserting some gauge transformation exists on the lagrangian and seeking the ones that preserve this.
It is easy to see that under a gauge transformation and an integration by parts, the problem is fixed by taking [[tau].sup.[mu]v.sub.M] to be conserved [[partial derivative].sub.[mu]][[tau].sup.[mu]v.sub.M] = 0.
Another important property of system (1) is an invariance under the gauge transformation
This result highlights the importance of carefully selecting the gauge transformation used to simplify calculations.
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