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We provide an alternative to the gauge covariant horizontality condition which is responsible for the derivation of the nilpotent (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations for the gauge and (anti-)ghost fields of a (3 + 1)-dimensional (4D)…

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

We exploit the theoretical strength of augmented version of superfield approach (AVSA) to Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism to express the nilpotency and absolute anticommutativity properties of the (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-16 S. Kumar , B. Chauhan , R. P. Malik

We consider (effective) Quantum General Relativity coupled to the Standard Model (QGR-SM) and clarify whether graviton-ghosts couple to matter particles. To this end, we examine the corresponding BRST and anti-BRST symmetries, which are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-25 David Prinz

The method of variational bootstrapping, based on canonical variational completion, allows one to construct a Lagrangian for a physical theory depending on two sets of field variables, starting from a guess of the field equations for only…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-17 Ludovic Ducobu , Nicoleta Voicu

We show that it is possible to formulate the most general first-class gauge algebra of the operator formalism by only using BRST-invariant constraints. In particular, we extend a previous construction for irreducible gauge algebras to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 I. A. Batalin , K. Bering

The necessary and sufficient conditions to construct consistent Lagrangian formulation for irreducible interacting massless higher-spin (HS) fields on $d$-dimensional Minkowski space within approach with incomplete BRST operator and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-17 A. Reshetnyak

We propose a generalization of the supersymmetric representation of spins with symplectic symmetry, generalizing the rotation group of the spin from SU(2) to SP(N). As a test application of this new representation, we consider two toy…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-01-21 Aline Ramires , Piers Coleman

We show that the previously known off-shell nilpotent (s_{(a)b}^2 = 0) and absolutely anticommuting (s_b s_{ab} + s_{ab} s_b = 0) Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) transformations (s_b) and anti-BRST transformations (s_{ab}) are the symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Saurabh Gupta , R. P. Malik

We construct the supersymmetric completion of E$_{6(6)}$-covariant exceptional field theory. The theory is based on a $(5+27)$-dimensional generalized space-time subject to a covariant section constraint. The fermions are tensors under the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 Edvard Musaev , Henning Samtleben

We derive the off-shell nilpotent (fermionic) (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations by exploiting the (anti-)chiral superfield approach (ACSA) to Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism for the interacting Abelian 1-form gauge theories…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-30 B. Chauhan , S. Kumar , R. P. Malik

We discuss $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric Abelian gauge field theories, as well as their extension to the Englert-Brout-Higgs mechanism for generating a mass for a vector boson. Gauge invariance is not straightforward, and we discuss the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-04-25 Jean Alexandre , John Ellis , Peter Millington , Dries Seynaeve

We consider possible superfield representations of extended BRST symmetry for general gauge theories within the principle of gauge-fixing based on a generating equation for the gauge functional. We examine admissible superfield choices for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 P. M. Lavrov , P. Yu. Moshin

We study the relationship between the equations of first order Lagrangian field theory on fiber bundles and the covariant Hamilton equations on the finite-dimensional polysymplectic phase space of covariant Hamiltonian field theory. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Giachetta , L. Mangiarotti , G. Sardanashvily

We propose a new spectral Lagrangian based deterministic solver for the non-linear Boltzmann Transport Equation for Variable Hard Potential (VHP) collision kernels with conservative or non-conservative binary interactions. The method is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-03-25 Irene M. Gamba , Sri Harsha Tharkabhushanam

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

We develop the BRST approach to Lagrangian formulation for all massless half-integer higher spin fields on an arbitrary dimensional flat space. General procedure of Lagrangian construction describing the dynamics of fermionic field with any…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-05 I. L. Buchbinder , V. A. Krykhtin , A. Pashnev

We obtain a covariant decomposition of the motion of a relativistic charged particle into parallel motion and perpendicular gyration, and transform to guiding-center coordinates using Lie transforms. The natural guiding-center Poisson…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Bruce M. Boghosian

We extend the BRS and anti-BRS symmetry to the two point space of Connes' non-commutative model building scheme. The constraint relations are derived and the quantum Lagrangian constructed. We find that the quantum Lagrangian can be written…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 B. E. Hanlon , G. C. Joshi

After defining cohomologically higher order BRST and anti-BRST operators for a compact simple algebra {\cal G}, the associated higher order Laplacians are introduced and the corresponding supersymmetry algebra $\Sigma$ is analysed. These…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 C. Chryssomalakos , J. A. de Azcarraga , A. J. Macfarlane , J. C. Perez Bueno

Lorentz covariance is the fundamental principle of every relativistic field theory which insures consistent physical descriptions. Even if the space-time is noncommutative, field theories on it should keep Lorentz covariance. In this paper,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Yoshitaka Okumura , Katsusada Morita , Kouhei Imai