nLab temporal gauge

Idea

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

Definition

Let $X = \mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}$ a product manifold and let $t : X \to \mathbb{R}$ be the projection on the last factor.

For $A$ a connection on a bundle on $X$, a temporal gauge is a gauge in which

$$A_{\partial_t} = 0 \,.$$

Related concepts

• gauge group, gauge transformation

• gauge fixing

  • Lorenz gauge

  • Coulomb gauge

• uncertainty of fluxes

References

On Yang-Mills theory and quantum chromodynamics in temporal gauge:

• Kurt Haller, Yang-Mills theory and quantum chromodynamics in the temporal gauge, Phys. Rev. D 36 (1987) 1839 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.36.1839]