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The holonomy operator in Yang-Mills theory

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Kozameh, C.N. (1986). The holonomy operator in Yang-Mills theory. In: Barut, A.O., Doebner, H.D. (eds) Conformal Groups and Related Symmetries Physical Results and Mathematical Background. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 261. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3540171630_75

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