Modified 2D Proca theory: revisited under BRST and (anti-)chiral superfield formalisms (Q2176893)

Summary: Within the framework of Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) approach, we discuss \textit{mainly} the fermionic (i.e., off-shell nilpotent) (anti-)BRST, (anti-)co-BRST, and some discrete dual symmetries of the appropriate Lagrangian densities for a two \((1 + 1)\)-dimensional (2D) modified Proca (i.e., a \textit{massive} abelian 1-form) theory \textit{without} any interaction with matter fields. One of the \textit{novel} observations of our present investigation is the existence of some kinds of restrictions in the case of our present Stückelberg-modified version of the 2D Proca theory which is \textit{not} like the standard Curci-Ferrari (CF) condition of a non-abelian 1-form gauge theory. Some kinds of similarities and a few differences between \textit{them} have been pointed out in our present investigation. To establish the sanctity of the above off-shell nilpotent (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST symmetries, we derive \textit{them} by using our \textit{newly} proposed (anti-)chiral superfield formalism where a few \textit{specific} and appropriate sets of invariant quantities play a decisive role. We express the (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST conserved charges in terms of the superfields that are obtained after the applications of (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST invariant restrictions and prove their off-shell nilpotency and absolute anticommutativity properties, too. Finally, we make some comments on (i) the novelty of our restrictions/obstructions and (ii) the physics behind the negative kinetic term associated with the pseudoscalar field of our present theory.