Gauge invariance and mass gap in (2+1)-dimensional Yang-Mills theory

Abstract

In terms of a gauge-invariant matrix parametrization of the fields, we give an analysis of how the mass gap could arise in non-Abelian gauge theories in two spatial dimensions.

10 pages, Plain TeX, talk presented at the Workshop on Low Dimensional Field Theories, Telluride, August 1996

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