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Light-cone zero modes revisited

@article{Heinzl2003LightconeZM,
  title={Light-cone zero modes revisited},
  author={Th. Heinzl},
  journal={arXiv: High Energy Physics - Theory},
  year={2003}
}
  • T. Heinzl
  • Published 17 October 2003
  • Physics
  • arXiv: High Energy Physics - Theory
The vacuum problem of light-cone quantum field theory is reanalysed from a functional-integral point of view. 
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