most citedDressing vs. Fixing: On How to Extract and Interpret Gauge-Invariant Content

13 citations

6 papers

hep-th2024★ 11 cited

Dressing fields for supersymmetry: The cases of the Rarita-Schwinger and gravitino fields

J. François, L. Ravera

In this paper we argue that the gauge-fixing conditions typically used to extract the (off-shell) degrees of freedom of the Rarita-Schwinger spinor-vector and gravitino, respective…

physics.hist-ph2024★ 11 cited

On the Meaning of Local Symmetries: Epistemic-Ontological Dialectics

Jordan François, Lucrezia Ravera

We propose our account of the meaning of local symmetries. We argue that the general covariance principle and gauge principle both are principles of democratic epistemic access to…

physics.hist-ph2024★ 13 cited

Dressing vs. Fixing: On How to Extract and Interpret Gauge-Invariant Content

Philipp Berghofer, Jordan François

There is solid consensus among physicists and philosophers that, in gauge field theory, for a quantity to be physically meaningful or real, it must be gauge-invariant. Yet, every "…

math-ph2023★ 10 cited

The dressing field method for diffeomorphisms: a relational framework

Jordan T. Francois Andre

The dressing field method is a tool to reduce gauge symmetries. Here we extend it to cover the case of diffeomorphisms. The resulting framework is a systematic scheme to produce Di…

math-ph2023★ 3 cited

Note on the group of vertical diffeomorphisms of a principal bundle, and its relation to the Frölicher-Nijenhuis bracket

Jordan François

The group of vertical diffeomorphisms of a principal bundle forms the generalised action Lie groupoid associated to the bundle. The former is generated by the group of maps with va…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 2 cited

Teaching mechanics with individual exercise assignments and automated correction

Michael H. Gfrerer, Benjamin Marussig, Katharina Maitz +1

Solving exercise problems by yourself is a vital part of developing a mechanical understanding. Yet, most mechanics lectures have more than 200 participants, so the workload for ma…