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Gauge fixing and abelianization in simple BRST quantization

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

In a previous paper \cite{Simple} it was shown that the BRST charge QQ for any gauge model with a Lie algebra symmetry may be decomposed as Q=\del+\del,      \del2=\del2=0,      [\del,\del]+=0Q=\del+\del^{\dag},\;\;\;\del^2=\del^{\dag 2}=0,\;\;\;[\del, \del^{\dag}]_+=0 provided dynamical Lagrange multipliers are used but without introducing other matter variables in \del\del than the gauge generators in QQ. In this paper further decompositions are derived but now by means of gauge fixing operators. As in \cite{Simple} it is shown that \del=caϕa\del=c^{\dag a}\phi_a where cac^a are new ghosts and ϕa\phi_a are nonhermitian variables satisfying the gauge algebra. However, in distinction to \cite{Simple} also solutions of the form \del=caAa\del=c^{\dag a}A_a where AaA_a satisfy an abelian algebra is derived (abelianization). By means of a bigrading the BRST condition reduces to \delph\hb=\delph\hb=0\del|ph\hb=\del^{\dag}|ph\hb=0 on inner product spaces whose general solutions are expressed in terms of the solutions to a proper Dirac quantization. Thus, the procedure provides for inner products for the solutions of a Dirac quantization.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9308007,
  title  = {Gauge fixing and abelianization in simple BRST quantization},
  author = {Robert Marnelius},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9308007},
  year   = {2009}
}

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