A general non renormalization theorem in the extended antifield formalism
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-09-06 v2
Abstract
In the context of algebraic renormalization, the extended antifield formalism is used to derive the general forms of the anomaly consistency condition and of the Callan-Symanzik equation for generic gauge theories. A local version of the latter is used to derive sufficient conditions for the vanishing of beta functions associated to terms whose integrands are invariant only up to a divergence for an arbitrary non trivial non anomalous symmetry of the Lagrangian. These conditions are independent of power counting restrictions and of the form of the gauge fixation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9805030,
title = {A general non renormalization theorem in the extended antifield formalism},
author = {Glenn Barnich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9805030},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
25 pages Latex file, major revision and extension