1. Antibracket, antifields and gauge-theory quantization
- Author
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Joaquim Gomis, Stuart Samuel, and Jordi París
- Subjects
High Energy Physics - Theory ,Physics ,High Energy Physics::Lattice ,High Energy Physics::Phenomenology ,FOS: Physical sciences ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Fermion ,Cohomology ,Renormalization ,High Energy Physics::Theory ,Theoretical physics ,Number theory ,High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) ,Master equation ,Bibliography ,Gauge theory ,Gauge fixing - Abstract
The antibracket formalism for gauge theories, at both the classical and quantum level, is reviewed. Gauge transformations and the associated gauge structure are analyzed in detail. The basic concepts involved in the antibracket formalism are elucidated. Gauge-fixing, quantum effects, and anomalies within the field-antifield formalism are developed. The concepts, issues and constructions are illustrated using eight gauge-theory models., Comment: 191 pages in three files which must be put together, in Latex, to appear in Physics Reports
- Published
- 1995