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Derivation of massive photon propagator
I'm trying to derive the massive photon propagator using the path integral formalism for a theory with $$ \mathcal{L} = -\dfrac{1}{4} F_{\mu\nu} F^{\mu\nu} + \dfrac{1}{2} m^2 A_\mu A^\nu, \text{with } ...
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Physical interpretation of photon propagator
Physically, propagator represents the probability amplitude of a particle to travel from one point to another. But the photon propagator $$D_{\mu\nu}(x,y) = \langle 0 | \mathcal{T}[A_\mu(x) A_\nu(y)] ...
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Calcluating the photon propagator with gauge fixing parameter
I'm trying to calculate the photon propagator via the functional integral, with lagrangian (plus source) $L = -\frac{1}{4}F^{ab}F_{ab} - \frac{\lambda}{2}\left(\partial^aA_a\right)^2 + J^aA_a $ ...
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