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Symmetry transformations in Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

This short note is closely related to Sen-Zwiebach paper on gauge transformations in Batalin-Vilkovisky theory (hep-th 9309027). We formulate some conditions of physical equivalence of solutions to the quantum master equation and use these conditions to give a very transparent analysis of symmetry transformations in BV-approach. We prove that in some sense every quantum observable (i.e. every even function HH obeying Δρ(HeS)=0\Delta_{\rho}(He^S)=0) determines a symmetry of the theory with the action functional SS satisfying quantum master equation ΔρeS=0\Delta_{\rho}e^S=0 \end

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9310124,
  title  = {Symmetry transformations in Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism},
  author = {Albert Schwarz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9310124},
  year   = {2009}
}

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3 pages

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