Hamiltonian BRST quantization of Chern-Simons gauge theory

Journal Article · Thu Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Modern Physics Letters A; (United States)

OSTI ID:5614319

Imai, H; So, H ^[1]; Igarashi, Y ^[2]; Kitakado, S ^[3]; Kubo, J ^[4]

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1. Niigata Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Physics
2. Niigata Univ. (Japan)
3. Toyota Technological Inst., Tempaku, Nagoya 468 (JP)
4. Kanazawa Univ. (Japan). Coll. of Liberal Arts

This paper quantizes non-abelian gauge theory with only a Chern-Simons term in three dimensions by using the generalized Hamiltonian formalism of Batalin and Fradkin for irreducible first- and second-class constrained systems, and derives a covariant action for the theory which is invariant under the off-shell nilpotent BRST transformation. Some aspects of the theory, finiteness and supersymmetry are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 5614319
• Journal Information: Modern Physics Letters A; (United States), Vol. 5:21; ISSN 0217-7323
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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