Antighost

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A field with a negative ghost number.

    "There are as many components in the topological ghosts as in the gauge fields, and to gauge fix the topological freedom, one must also introduce as many antighosts as topological ghosts."

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"There are as many components in the topological ghosts as in the gauge fields, and to gauge fix the topological freedom, one must also introduce as many antighosts as topological ghosts."

Etymology

From anti- + ghost.

Related phrases

ghost number

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