General formalism for the BRST symmetry

DOI10.1088/0253-6102/59/4/09MaRDI QIDQ4924834zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Suhail Ahmad

Publication date 10 June 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.5159

zbMATH Keywords

BRST symmetryFaddeev-Popov method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

Abstract: In this paper we will discuss Faddeev-Popov method for field theories with a gauge symmetry in an abstract way. We will then develope a general formalism for dealing with the BRST symmetry. This formalism will make it possible to analyse the BRST symmetry for any theory.

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