Q-Exact Actions for BF Theories
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-26 v1
Abstract
The actions for all classical (and consequently quantum) theories on -manifolds is proven to be given by anti-commutators of hermitian, nilpotent, scalar fermionic charges with Grassmann-odd functionals. In order to show this, the space of fields in the theory must be enlarged to include ``mass terms'' for new, non-dynamical, Grassmann-odd fields. The implications of this result on observables are examined.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9401005,
title = {Q-Exact Actions for BF Theories},
author = {R. Brooks and C. Lucchesi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9401005},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
12 pgs., LaTeX, MIT-CTP-2271