High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In gauge theory, a Wilson loop (named after Kenneth G Wilson) is a gauge-invariant observable obtained from the holonomy of the gauge connection around a given loop In the classical theory, the collection of all Wilson loops contains sufficient information to reconstruct the gauge connection, up to оешху gauge transformation In quantum field theory, the definition of Wilson loops observables as bona fide operators on Fock space (actually, Haag's theorem states that Fock space does not exist for interacting QFTs) is a mathematically delicate problem and requires regularization, usually by equipping each loop with a framing The action of Wilson loop operators has the interpretation of creating an elementary excitation of the quantum field which is localized on the loop In this way, Faraday's "flux tubes" become elementary excitations of the quantum electromagnetic field.  В вашей семье2010 г Мягкая обложка, 104 стр ISBN 6130361718.