A SUPERSPACE FORMULATION FOR THE BATALIN VILKOVISKY FORMALISM WITH EXTENDED BRST INVARIANCE
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
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 closed algebra is presented. In contrast to a recent formulation, where only BRST invariance holds off shell, two collective sets of fields are introduced and an off shell realization of the extended algebra in a superspace with two Grassmann coordinates is obtained. The example of the Yang Mills theory is also considered.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9505014,
title = {A SUPERSPACE FORMULATION FOR THE BATALIN VILKOVISKY FORMALISM WITH EXTENDED BRST INVARIANCE},
author = {Nelson R. F. Braga and Sergio M. de Souza},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9505014},
year = {2008}
}
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13 pages , LATEX file