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Classical geometrical interpretation of ghost fields and anomalies in Yang-Mills theory and quantum gravity

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5400935
The reinterpretation of the BRS equations of Quantum Field Theory as the Maurer Cartan equation of a classical principal fiber bundle leads to a simple gauge invariant classification of the anomalies in Yang Mills theory and gravity.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 92 - Meudon-Bellevue (France)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
5400935
Report Number(s):
LBL-19671; CONF-8503141-3; ON: DE85014537
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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