Local BRST cohomology in the antifield formalism. I: General theorems

DOI10.1007/BF02099464zbMATH Open0844.53059OpenAlexW3103680067WikidataQ59307851 ScholiaQ59307851MaRDI QIDQ1903333FDOQ1903333

Authors Glenn Barnich, Friedemann Brandt, Marc Henneaux

Publication date 27 August 1996

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9405109

zbMATH Keywords

Yang-Mills fieldsBRST cohomologyEinstein gravityKoszul-Tate differentialantifield formalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

Abstract: We establish general theorems on the cohomology $H^{\ast }(s|d)$ of the BRST differential modulo the spacetime exterior derivative, acting in the algebra of local $p$-forms depending on the fields and the antifields (=sources for the BRST variations). It is shown that $H^{-k}(s|d)$ is isomorphic to $H_k(delta|d)$ in negative ghost degree $-k(k>0)$, where $delta$ is the Koszul-Tate differential associated with the stationary surface. The cohomological group $H_1(delta|d)$ in form degree $n$ is proved to be isomorphic to the space of constants of the motion, thereby providing a cohomological reformulation of Noether theorem. More generally, the group $H_k(delta|d)$ in form degree $n$ is isomorphic to the space of $n-k$ forms that are closed when the equations of motion hold. The groups $H_k(delta|d)$ $(k>2)$ are shown to vanish for standard irreducible gauge theories. The group $H_2(delta|d)$ is then calculated explicitly for electromagnetism, Yang-Mills models and Einstein gravity. The invariance of the groups $H^k(s|d)$ under the introduction of non minimal variables and of auxiliary

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