Simplifications in Lagrangian BV quantization exemplified by the anomalies of chiral W_ 3 gravity.

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(94)90060-4zbMATH Open1049.81641arXivhep-th/9306147OpenAlexW3100330514MaRDI QIDQ1967552FDOQ1967552

Authors: Stefan Vandoren, Antoine van Proeyen 

Publication date: 6 March 2000

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Batalin--Vilkovisky (BV) formalism is a useful framework to study gauge theories. We summarize a simple procedure to find a a gauge--fixed action in this language and a way to obtain one--loop anomalies. Calculations involving the antifields can be greatly simplified by using a theorem on the antibracket cohomology. The latter is based on properties of a `Koszul--Tate differential', namely its acyclicity and nilpotency. We present a new proof for this acyclicity, respecting locality and covariance of the theory. This theorem then implies that consistent higher ghost terms in various expressions exist, and it avoids tedious calculations. This is illustrated in chiral $W_3$ gravity. We compute the one--loop anomaly without terms of negative ghost number. Then the mentioned theorem and the consistency condition imply that the full anomaly is determined up to local counterterms. Finally we show how to implement background charges into the BV language in order to cancel the anomaly with the appropriate counterterms. Again we use the theorem to simplify the calculations, which agree with previous results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9306147

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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