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Title: Batalin-Fradkin-Vilkovisky approach for a nonlocal symmetry of QED

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D
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  1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68.528, CEP 2194-970, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

In this paper we use the Batalin-Fradkin-Vilkovisky (BFV) formalism to study a recently proposed nonlocal symmetry of QED. In the BFV extended phase space we show that this symmetry stems from a canonical transformation in the ghost sector. {copyright} 1995 The American Physical Society.

OSTI ID:
147844
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D, Vol. 52, Issue 12; Other Information: PBD: 15 Dec 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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