Superspace formulation for the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism with extended BRST invariance

Journal Article · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1995 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.53.916· OSTI ID:277481

Braga, N R; de Souza, S M ^[1]

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1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21945-970, Caixa Postal 68528 (Brazil)

A superspace formulation for the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism (also called field-antifield quantization) with extended BRST invariance (BRST and anti-BRST invariance) for gauge theories with a closed algebra is presented. In contrast with a recent formulation, where only BRST invariance holds off shell, two collective sets of fields are introduced and an off-shell realizaiton of the extended algebra in a superspace with two Grassmann coordinates is obtained. The example of the Yang-Mills theory is also considered. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• OSTI ID: 277481
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 53; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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66 PHYSICS
ALGEBRA
GAUGE INVARIANCE
LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
QUANTIZATION
SPACE
YANG-MILLS THEORY