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BRST-anti-BRST Symmetric Conversion of Second-Class Constraints

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v5

Abstract

A general method of the BRST--anti-BRST symmetric conversion of second-class constraints is presented. It yields a pair of commuting and nilpotent BRST-type charges that can be naturally regarded as BRST and anti-BRST ones. Interchanging the BRST and anti-BRST generators corresponds to a symmetry between the original second-class constraints and the conversion variables, which enter the formalism on equal footing.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0301085,
  title  = {BRST-anti-BRST Symmetric Conversion of Second-Class Constraints},
  author = {I. A. Batalin and M. A. Grigoriev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0301085},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

12 pages, misprints corrected