  Chiral symmetry breaking parameters are calculated in quenched SU(2) gauge
theory and with Abelian gauge fields projected in maximal Abelian gauge and in
field strength gauge. Maximal Abelian gauge projected fields lead to chiral
condensate values which are quite similar to those of the full nonabelian
theory. Pseudoscalar and vector meson correlators are calculated and found to
be reproduced by the use of maximal Abelian gauge fields for small quark
masses. In field-strength gauge, Abelian-projected fields give a chiral
condensate which closely resembles the results of strongly coupled ($\beta<1$)
gauge theory: the chiral condensate is insensitive to $\beta$ and quark mass
and hence violates scaling badly.
