BRST formulation of Chern-Simons gauge theory coupled to matter fields

Journal Article · Tue Sep 15 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.2730· OSTI ID:7027654

Shin, H; Kim, W; Kim, J ^[1]; Park, Y ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Taejon 305-701 (Korea, Republic of)
2. Department of Physics, Sogang University, C.P.O. Box 1142, Seoul 110-611 (Korea, Republic of)

We study the Abelian Chern-Simons gauge theory coupled to a complex scalar field in the covariant gauge. By introducing the Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin formulation, it is shown that fractional spin also appears in the covariant gauge.

• OSTI ID: 7027654
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 46:6; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
COUPLING
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DIRAC EQUATION
EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
HAMILTONIANS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY
LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
QUANTIZATION
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUANTUM OPERATORS
SCALAR FIELDS
SPIN
TRANSFORMATIONS
WAVE EQUATIONS