nLab
Coulomb gauge

Idea

A special kind of gauge fixing condition on a connection on a bundle.

Definition

Let $A_0$ and $A$ be two connections on a bundle. Then $A$ is said to be in Coulomb gauge relative to $A_0$ if

$$d_{A_0}^{*}(A-A_0)=0.$$d_{A_0}^*(A-A_0) = 0 \,.

Related concepts

• gauge group, gauge transformation

• gauge fixing

  • temporal gauge

  • Coulomb gauge