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Gauge fixing procedure in the extended BRST theory. The example of the abelian 2‐forms
Author(s) -
Constantinescu R.,
Ionescu C.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.200510178
Subject(s) - brst quantization , gauge fixing , quantum gauge theory , physics , gauge theory , abelian group , introduction to gauge theory , gauge (firearms) , hamiltonian lattice gauge theory , term (time) , simple (philosophy) , supersymmetric gauge theory , theoretical physics , quantization (signal processing) , mathematical physics , quantum electrodynamics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , gauge boson , pure mathematics , algorithm , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , history
Abstract The paper proposes a general procedure to find the form of the gauge fixing term in the extended BRST quantization of the gauge theories, a difficult problem in the standard approach. Our proposal is based on the many level structure of the extended spaces and leads to a simple form of the gauge fixing term. The abelian 2‐form model is completely analyzed as an example.