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Let us consider the set of fields that we have postulated for QCD: three qj(x) for each quark flavour and the eight gluon fields, Ba(x). The first set builds up the fundamental representation of SU(3): if U is a 3 × 3 unitary matrix of determinant unity, then the qj transform as
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Ynduráin, F.J. (2006). QCD as a Field Theory. In: The Theory of Quark and Gluon Interactions. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33210-3_2
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