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Quantized gauge-affine gravity in the superfiber bundle approach

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

The quantization of gauge-affine gravity within the superfiber bundle formalism is proposed. By introducing an even pseudotensorial 1-superform over a principal superfibre bundle with superconnection, we obtain the geometrical Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST transformations of the fields occurring in such a theory. Reducing the four-dimensional general affine group double-covering to the Poincare group double-covering we also find the BRST and anti-BRST transformations of the fields present in Einstein's gravity. Furthermore, we give a prescription leading to the construction of both BRST-invariant gauge-fixing action for gauge-affine gravity and Einstein's gravity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0408181,
  title  = {Quantized gauge-affine gravity in the superfiber bundle approach},
  author = {A. Meziane and M. Tahiri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0408181},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Latex, 18 pages, no figures; minor changes made in Section 2, added references for conclusion; final published version