GENERALIZED CONNECTION FORMALISM AND BRST COHOMOLOGY STRUCTURE FOR BFTHEORIES

Authors
ABDESSELAM A TAHIRI M
Citation
A. Abdesselam et M. Tahiri, GENERALIZED CONNECTION FORMALISM AND BRST COHOMOLOGY STRUCTURE FOR BFTHEORIES, Modern physics letters A, 13(23), 1998, pp. 1837-1844
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Physics, Particles & Fields","Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
Modern physics letters A → ACNP
ISSN journal
02177323
Volume
13
Issue
23
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1837 - 1844
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-7323(1998)13:23<1837:GCFABC>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The non-Abelian BF theories in arbitrary dimensions are studied in a g eneralized connection formalism. This gives rise to the off-shell nilp otent BRST operator which permits construction of BRST exact quantum a ction. A set of operators satisfying the descent equations is derived from the generalized curvature; but it cannot lead to nontrivial obser vables. An off-shell superalgebra of Wess-Zumino type, containing the vector supersymmetry and the BRST symmetry, is also derived.