Background gauge invariance in the anti-field formalism for theories with open gauge algebras

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/12/10/008zbMATH Open0831.53051arXivhep-th/9410116OpenAlexW1993307849MaRDI QIDQ4853379FDOQ4853379

Authors: Kostas Skenderis 

Publication date: 22 February 1996

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that any BRST invariant quantum action with open or closed gauge algebra has a corresponding local background gauge invariance. If the BRST symmetry is anomalous, but the anomaly can be removed in the antifield formalism, then the effective action possesses a local background gauge invariance. The presence of antifields (BRST sources) is necessary. As an example we analyze chiral $W_3$ gravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9410116

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zbMATH Keywords

BRST symmetryanti-field formalismbackground gauge invarianceopen gauge algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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• Gauge invariance, background fields and modified Ward identities
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