antighost
nounEtymology From anti- + ghost.
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Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Sciences 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.2006, Laurent Baulieu, String theory: from Gauge interactions to cosmology, page 20: