Product Integrals and Wilson loops

Abstract

Using product integrals we review the unambiguous mathematical representation of Wilson line and Wilson loop operators, including their behavior under gauge transformations and the non-abelian Stokes theorem. Interesting consistency conditions among Wilson lines are also presented.

3 pages LaTeX. Write-up of talk at DPF2000, Columbus, OH, August 11, 2000

References in corpus (2)

• Product Integral Formalism and Non-Abelian Stokes Theorem
• Supersymmetric Wilson Lines and Loops, and Super Non-Abelian Stokes Theorem