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BRST Cohomology and Its Application to QED

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-07-19 v2

Abstract

We construct the BRST cohomology under a positive definite inner product and obtain the Hodge decomposition theorem at a non-degenerate state vector space VV. The harmonic states isomorphic with a BRST cohomology class correspond to the physical Hilbert space with positive norm as long as the completeness of QBRSTQ_{BRST} is satisfied. We explicitly define ``co-BRST'' operator and analyze the quartet mechanism in QED.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9502082,
  title  = {BRST Cohomology and Its Application to QED},
  author = {Hyun Seok Yang and Bum-Hoon Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9502082},
  year   = {2011}
}

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17 pages, RevTex, Revised version published in J. Korean Phys. Soc., Vol. 28, No. 2, April 1995, pp. 138-144