SUPERSPACE FORMULATION FOR THE BATALIN-VILKOVISKY FORMALISM WITH EXTENDED BRST INVARIANCE

Authors
BRAGA NRF DESOUZA SM
Citation
Nrf. Braga et Sm. Desouza, SUPERSPACE FORMULATION FOR THE BATALIN-VILKOVISKY FORMALISM WITH EXTENDED BRST INVARIANCE, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 53(2), 1996, pp. 916-922
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Physical review. D. Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
53
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
916 - 922
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1996)53:2<916:SFFTBF>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A superspace formulation for the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism (also ca lled field-antifield quantization) with extended BRST invariance (BRST and anti-BRST invariance) for gauge theories with a closed algebra is presented. In contrast with a recent formulation, where only BRST inv ariance holds off shell, two collective sets of fields are introduced and an off-shell realization of the extended algebra in a superspace w ith two Grassmann coordinates is obtained. The example of the Yang-Mil ls theory is also considered.