Thermal gauge theories with Lagrange multiplier fields

Abstract

We study the Yang-Mills theory and quantum gravity at finite temperature, in the presence of Lagrange multiplier fields. These restrict the path integrals to field configurations which obey the classical equations of motion. This has the effect of doubling the usual one--loop thermal contributions and of suppressing all radiative corrections at higher loop order. Such theories are renormalizable at all temperatures. Some consequences of this result in quantum gravity are briefly examined.

arXiv comment8 pages, 4 figures. To appear in the Canadian Journal of Physics (typos corrected)

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