antighost

noun

Etymology

From anti- + ghost.

  1. inherited from *ǵʰéysdos
  2. inherited from *gaistaz
  3. inherited from *gaist
  4. inherited from gāst
  5. inherited from gost
  6. prefixed as antighost — “anti + ghost

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

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