Gribov Problem and BRST Symmetry
Abstract
After a brief historical comment on the study of BRS(or BRST) symmetry , we discuss the quantization of gauge theories with Gribov copies. A path integral with BRST symmetry can be formulated by summing the Gribov-type copies in a very specific way if the functional correspondence between and the gauge parameter defined by is ``globally single valued'', where specifies the gauge condition. As an example of the theory which satisfies this criterion, we comment on a soluble gauge model with Gribov-type copies recently analyzed by Friedberg, Lee, Pang and Ren. We also comment on a possible connection of the dynamical instability of BRST symmetry with the Gribov problem on the basis of an index notion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9511124,
title = {Gribov Problem and BRST Symmetry},
author = {Kazuo Fujikawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9511124},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
20 pages plus 1 figure. To be published in the Proceedings of International Symposium on BRS Symmetry(Universal Academy Press, Tokyo)