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English
Etymology
Named after Ludvig Faddeev and Victor Popov.
Noun
Faddeev-Popov ghost (plural Faddeev-Popov ghosts)
- (particle physics) An extraneous field introduced into gauge quantum field theories to maintain the consistency of the path integral formulation.
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