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We provide a generalization of the horizontality condition of the usual superfield approach to Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism to obtain the nilpotent (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations for all the fields of a four (3 +…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 R. P. Malik

We demonstrate the existence of the nilpotent and absolutely anticommuting Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry transformations for the four (3 + 1)-dimensional (4D) topologically massive Abelian U(1) gauge theory that is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-23 S. Gupta , R. Kumar , R. P. Malik

Within the framework of Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism, we discuss some novel features of a two (1+1)-dimensional (2D) non-Abelian 1-form gauge theory (without any interaction with matter fields). Besides the usual off-shell…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-13 N. Srinivas , S. Kumar , B. K. Kureel , R. P. Malik

We derive the off-shell nilpotent and absolutely anticommuting Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry transformations for the dynamical non-Abelian 2-form gauge theory within the framework of geometrical superfield…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 R. P. Malik

We derive the continuous nilpotent symmetries of the four (3 + 1)-dimensional (4D) model of the Hodge theory (i.e. 4D Abelian 2-form gauge theory) by exploiting the beauty and strength of the symmetry invariant restrictions on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-08 A. Shukla , N. Srinivas , R. P. Malik

We discuss and derive the continuous Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST)and anti-BRST symmetry transformations for the Jackiw-Pi (JP) model of three (2 + 1)-dimensional (3D) massive non-Abelian 1-form gauge theory by exploiting the standard…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-29 B. Chauhan

We obtain the off-shell nilpotent Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry transformations (corresponding to the infinitesimal classical gauge symmetry transformations) for the modified massive three $(2+1)$-dimensional (3D)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-08 S. K. Panja , E. Harikumar , R. P. Malik

We derive the complete set of off-shell nilpotent and absolutely anticommuting Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST), anti-BRST and (anti-)co-BRST symmetry transformations for all the fields of the modified version of two (1+1)-dimensional (2D)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-29 A. Shukla , S. Krishna , R. P. Malik

Within the framework of Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) approach, we discuss mainly the fermionic (i.e. off-shell nilpotent) (anti-)BRST, (anti-)co-BRST and some discrete dual-symmetries of the appropriate Lagrangian densities for a two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-14 B. Chauhan , S. Kumar , A. Tripathi , R. P. Malik

For the combined field-theoretic system of the four (3 + 1)-dimensional (4D) Abelian 3-form and 1-form gauge theories, we show the existence of a unique bosonic symmetry transformation that is constructed from the four infinitesimal,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-07 R. P. Malik

A dynamical non-Abelian 2-form gauge theory (with B \wedge F term) is endowed with the "scalar" and "vector" gauge symmetry transformations. In our present endeavor, we exploit the latter gauge symmetry transformations and perform the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-03 R. Kumar , R. P. Malik

We capture the off-shell as well as the on-shell nilpotent Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry invariance of the Lagrangian densities of the four (3 + 1)-dimensional (4D) (non-)Abelian 1-form gauge theories within the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 R. P. Malik

In the framework of usual superfield approach, we derive the exact local, covariant, continuous and off-shell nilpotent Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry transformations for the U(1) gauge field (A_\mu) and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 R. P. Malik

Within the framework of Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism, we demonstrate the existence of the novel off-shell nilpotent (anti-)dual-BRST symmetries in the context of a six (5 + 1)-dimensional (6D) free Abelian 3-form gauge theory.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-07-11 R. Kumar , S. Krishna , A. Shukla , R. P. Malik

We derive the nilpotent (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations for the Dirac (matter) fields of an interacting four (3+1)-dimensional 1-form non-Abelian gauge theory by applying the theoretical arsenal of augmented superfield formalism where…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-01-07 R. P. Malik , Bhabani Prasad Mandal

We discuss the nilpotent Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST), anti-BRST and (anti-)co-BRST symmetry transformations and derive their corresponding conserved charges in the case of a two (1+1)-dimensional (2D) self-interacting non-Abelian gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-02 S. Kumar , B. K. Kureel , R. P. Malik

In the framework of superfield approach to Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism, the derivation of the (anti-)BRST nilpotent symmetries for the matter fields, present in any arbitrary interacting gauge theory, has been a long-standing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-05 R. P. Malik

Within the framework of Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism, we discuss the off-shell nilpotent (anti-)BRST and the bosonic ghost-scale symmetries of a set of coupled (but equivalent) Lagrangian densities for the four (3 +…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-06 R. P. Malik

We derive the complete set of off-shell nilpotent and absolutely anticommuting (anti-)BRST as well as (anti-)co-BRST symmetry transformations for the gauge-invariant Christ-Lee model by exploiting the celebrated (dual-)horizontality…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-16 R. Kumar , A. Shukla

We derive absolutely anticommuting Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry transformations for the 4D free Abelian 2-form gauge theory by exploiting the superfield approach to BRST formalism. The antisymmetric tensor gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-26 R. P. Malik