Homological perturbation theory and the algebraic structure of the antifield-antibracket formalism for gauge theories

DOI10.1007/BF02096877zbMath0692.58045OpenAlexW1982384640WikidataQ59307932 ScholiaQ59307932MaRDI QIDQ583690

Publication date: 1990

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02096877

zbMATH Keywords

gauge theories BRST symmetry antifield-antibracket formalism antifields antighost number Homological Perturbation Theory Koszul-Tate complex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) Constructive quantum field theory (81T08) Perturbations of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, normal forms, small divisors, KAM theory, Arnol'd diffusion (37J40)

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