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Ghosts in Keldysh-Schwinger Formalism

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We discuss how to introduce Faddeev-Popov ghosts to the Keldysh-Schwinger formalism describing equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical systems of quantum fields such as the quark-gluon plasma which is considered. The plasma is assumed to be homogeneous in a coordinate space but the momentum distribution of plasma constituents is arbitrary. Using the technique of generating functional, we derive the Slavnov-Taylor identities and one of them expresses the ghost Green's function, which we look for, through the gluon one. As an application, the Green's function of ghosts is used to compute the gluon polarization tensor in the hard loop approximation which appears to be automatically transverse, as required by the gauge invariance.

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hep-th · 2026-05-22 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

A new algorithm counts degrees of freedom in open EFTs from equations of motion using dual advanced equations for non-Lagrangian systems with constraints and gauges.

Gauging Open EFTs from the top down

hep-th · 2025-12-18 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Derives gauge-invariant influence functionals for photons and Stueckelberg fields in open U(1) gauge EFTs via BRST on the in-in contour after integrating out matter.

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  • Counting Degrees of Freedom in Open Effective Theories hep-th · 2026-05-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 53 · internal anchor

    A new algorithm counts degrees of freedom in open EFTs from equations of motion using dual advanced equations for non-Lagrangian systems with constraints and gauges.

  • Gauging Open EFTs from the top down hep-th · 2025-12-18 · unverdicted · none · ref 140 · internal anchor

    Derives gauge-invariant influence functionals for photons and Stueckelberg fields in open U(1) gauge EFTs via BRST on the in-in contour after integrating out matter.