Product integral formalism and non-Abelian Stokes theorem

We make use of the properties of product integrals to obtain a surface product integral representation for the Wilson loop operator. The result can be interpreted as the non-Abelian version of Stokes’ theorem.

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Published in:Journal of mathematical physics 1999-11, Vol.40 (11), p.6033-6043
Main Authors: Karp, Robert L., Mansouri, Freydoon, Rno, Jung S.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:We make use of the properties of product integrals to obtain a surface product integral representation for the Wilson loop operator. The result can be interpreted as the non-Abelian version of Stokes’ theorem.
ISSN:0022-2488
1089-7658
DOI:10.1063/1.533068