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J. Löffelholz, G. Morchio and F. Strocchi, “Mathematical structure of the temporal gauge in quantum electrodynamics”, J. Math. Phys
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B. Schroer, “An alternative to the gauge theoretic setting”, Found. Phys
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J. Mund, K.-H. Rehren and B. Schroer, “Relations between positivity, localization and degrees of freedom: The Weinberg–Witten theorem and the van Dam–Veltman–Zakharov discontinuity”, Phys. Lett. B
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2019

On string-localized potentials and gauge fields

Buchholz, Detlev, Ciolli, Fabio, Ruzzi, Giuseppe et al.

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A recent idea, put forward by Mund, Rehren and Schroer, is discussed; it suggests that in gauge quantum field theory one can replace the point-localized gauge fields by string-localized vector potentials built from gauge invariant observables and a principle of string-independence.

Based on a kinematical model, describing unmovable (static) fields carrying opposite charges, it is shown that these string-localized potentials cannot be used for the description of the gauge bridges between electrically charged fields.
These bridges are needed in order to ensure the validity of Gauss' law.
This observation does not preclude the existence of Poincar\'e invariant theories, describing the coupling of string-localized gauge invariant potentials to matter fields.