A differential geometric setting for BRS transformations and anomalies. I

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(86)90006-9zbMath0627.53062OpenAlexW2012610874WikidataQ115363179 ScholiaQ115363179MaRDI QIDQ1092434

Raymond Stora, Daniel Kastler

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0393-0440(86)90006-9

zbMATH Keywords

anomalies of gauge fieldsBRS-transformationsChern-Weil-homomorphismghost fieldspace of connections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector fields, frame fields in differential topology (57R25) Constructive quantum field theory (81T08) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) de Rham theory in global analysis (58A12) Connections (general theory) (53C05)

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