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Observables in Topological Theories: A Superspace Formulation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-08-16 v1

Abstract

Observables of topological Yang-Mills theory were defined by Witten as the classes of an equivariant cohomology. We propose to define them alternatively as the BRST cohomology classes of a superspace version of the theory, where BRST invariance is associated to super Yang-Mills invariance. We provide and discuss the general solution of this cohomology.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0408112,
  title  = {Observables in Topological Theories: A Superspace Formulation},
  author = {J. L. Boldo and C. P. Constantinidis and F. Gieres and M. Lefrançois and O. Piguet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0408112},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Prepared for International Conference on Renormalization Group and Anomalies in Gravity and Cosmology (IRGA 2003), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil, 17-23 Mar 2003

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