The basis of the physical Hilbert space of lattice gauge theories
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چکیده
Non-linear Fourier analysis on compact groups is used to construct an orthonormal basis of the physical (gauge invariant) Hilbert space of Hamiltonian lattice gauge theories. In particular, the matrix elements of the Hamiltonian operator involved are explicitly computed. Finally, some applications and possible developments of the formalism are discussed. CPT-99/P.3856 University of Parma Preprint UPRF-99-09 xxx-archive: hep-lat/9906036. ∗Associate member of Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
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