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BRST-Invariant Constraint Algebra in Terms of Commutators and Quantum Antibrackets

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v3

Abstract

General structure of BRST-invariant constraint algebra is established, in its commutator and antibracket forms, by means of formulation of algebra-generating equations in yet more extended phase space. New ghost-type variables behave as fields and antifields with respect to quantum antibrackets. Explicit form of BRST-invariant gauge algebra is given in detail for rank-one theories with Weyl- and Wick- ordered ghost sector. A gauge-fixed unitarizing Hamiltonian is constructed, and the formalism is shown to be physically equivalent to the standard BRST-BFV approach.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0301043,
  title  = {BRST-Invariant Constraint Algebra in Terms of Commutators and Quantum Antibrackets},
  author = {Igor Batalin and Igor Tyutin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0301043},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

20 pages; some misprints are removed