EXTENDED BRS SYMMETRY IN TOPOLOGICAL FIELD THEORIES

DOI10.1142/S0217732308026996MaRDI QIDQ5503014zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. Valtancoli

Publication date 12 January 2009

Published in Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2961

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

Abstract: A class of topological field theories like the $BF$ model and Chern-Simons theory, when quantized in the Landau gauge, enjoys the property of invariance under a vector supersymmetry, which is responsible for their finiteness. We introduce a new type of gauge fixing which makes these theories invariant under an extended $BRS$ symmetry, containing a new type of field, the ghost of diffeomorphisms. The presence of such an extension is naturally related to the vector supersymmetry discussed before.

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