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Auxiliary fields in open gauge theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-17 v1

Abstract

We show that for open gauge theories, it is possible to build an off-shell Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) algebra together with an invariant extension of the classical action. This is based on the introduction of auxiliary fields, after having defined an on-shell invariant quantum action, where the gauge-fixing action is written as in Yang-Mills type theories up to a modified BRST operator. An application to simple supergravity is performed.

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@article{arxiv.1309.0855,
  title  = {Auxiliary fields in open gauge theories},
  author = {N. Djeghloul and A. Meziane and M. Tahiri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.0855},
  year   = {2015}
}

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12 pages, no figures

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