Lectures on the antifield-BRST formalism for gauge theories

DOI10.1016/0920-5632(90)90647-DzbMath0957.81711OpenAlexW2011102506WikidataQ59307924 ScholiaQ59307924MaRDI QIDQ5926912

Publication date: 8 March 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0920-5632(90)90647-d

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

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