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Generalized Lagrangian Master Equations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We discuss the geometry of the Lagrangian quantization scheme based on (generalized) Schwinger-Dyson BRST symmetries. When a certain set of ghost fields are integrated out of the path integral, we recover the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism, now extended to arbitrary functional measures for the classical fields. Keeping the ghosts reveals the crucial role played by a natural connection on the space of fields.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9405112,
  title  = {Generalized Lagrangian Master Equations},
  author = {J. Alfaro and P. H. Damgaard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9405112},
  year   = {2009}
}

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LaTeX, 12 pages, CERN--TH-7247/94