HOMOLOGICAL ALGEBRA AND YANG-MILLS THEORY

Authors
HENNEAUX M
Citation
M. Henneaux, HOMOLOGICAL ALGEBRA AND YANG-MILLS THEORY, Journal of pure and applied algebra, 100(1-3), 1995, pp. 3-17
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics, Pure",Mathematics,Mathematics,Mathematics
Journal title
Journal of pure and applied algebra → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224049
Volume
100
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4049(1995)100:1-3<3:HAAYT>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The antifield-BRST formalism and the various cohomologies associated w ith it are surveyed and illustrated in the context of Yang-Mills gauge theory. In particular, the central role played by the Koszul-Tate res olution and its relation to the characteristic cohomology are stressed .