Gauge fixing and equivariant cohomology
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
The supersymmetric model developed by Witten to study the equivariant cohomology of a manifold with an isometric circle action is derived from the BRST quantization of a simple classical model. The gauge-fixing process is carefully analysed, and demonstrates that different choices of gauge-fixing fermion can lead to different quantum theories.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0505241,
title = {Gauge fixing and equivariant cohomology},
author = {Alice Rogers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0505241},
year = {2009}
}
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