Colour, copies and confinement

Abstract

In this paper we construct a wide class of Gribov copies in Coulomb gauge SU(2) gauge theory. Infinitesimal copies are studied in some detail and their non-perturbative nature is made manifest. As an application it is shown that the copies prevent a non-perturbative definition of colour charge.

25 pages, 10 figures. Minor changes, two references added. Published version

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