Equivalence of Hamiltonian and Lagrangian Path Integral Quantization: Effective Gauge Theories

Abstract

The equivalence of correct Hamiltonian and naive Lagrangian (Faddeev--Popov) path integral quantization (Matthews's theorem) is proven for gauge theories with arbitrary effective interaction terms. Effective gauge-boson self-interactions and effective interactions with scalar and fermion fields are considered. This result becomes extended to effective gauge theories with higher derivatives of the fields.

Comments: 14 pages LaTeX, BI-TP 93/40, August 1993