scholarly journals ON THE COVARIANT QUANTIZATION OF THE SECOND-ILK SUPERPARTICLE

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (19) ◽  
pp. 4583-4594 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.L. VÁZQUEZ-BELLO
Keyword(s):  
Light Cone ◽  
Gauge Fields ◽  
Covariant Quantization ◽  
Brst Charge ◽  
Brst Cohomology ◽  
Physical Spectrum ◽  
Full Structure ◽  
Light Cone Quantization ◽  
Quantum Action ◽  
Gauge Conditions

This paper is devoted to the quantization of the second-ilk superparticle using the Batalin-Vilkovisky method. We show the full structure of the master action. By imposing gauge conditions on the gauge fields rather than on coordinates we find a gauge-fixed quantum action which is free. The structure of the BRST charge is exhibited, and the BRST cohomology yields the same physical spectrum as the light-cone quantization of the usual superparticle.

THE QUANTUM MECHANICS OF AN N=1 SUPERPARTICLE IN AN EXTENDED SUPERSPACE

1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (18) ◽  
pp. 1399-1409 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL B. GREEN ◽  
CHRISTOPHER M. HULL
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Finite Number ◽  
Gauge Fields ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Brst Cohomology ◽  
Covariant Gauge ◽  
Light Cone Quantization ◽  
Local Symmetries ◽  
Invariant Quantum ◽  
Extended Superspace

A new ten-dimensional superparticle action with local symmetries implemented via gauge fields is formulated in a superspace with an extra anticommuting space-time spinor coordinate. Light-cone quantization gives the spectrum of N=1 super-Yang-Mills. Covariant gauge choices in which the gauge fields are set to constants lead to free BRST-invariant quantum actions. Possible ghost systems include one with only a finite number of ghosts and several with an infinite number. In each case, the BRST cohomology class of zero ghost number gives the spectrum of N=1 super-Yang-Mills.

scholarly journals CHAPLINE–MANTON INTERACTION VERTICES AND HAMILTONIAN BRST COHOMOLOGY

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (06) ◽  
pp. 893-903 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. BIZDADEA ◽  
L. SALIU ◽  
S. O. SALIU
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Fields ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Brst Charge ◽  
Brst Cohomology ◽  
Interaction Term ◽  
Chern Simons

Consistent interactions between Yang–Mills gauge fields and an Abelian two-form are investigated by using a Hamiltonian cohomological procedure. It is shown that the deformation of the BRST charge and the BRST-invariant Hamiltonian of the uncoupled model generates the Yang–Mills Chern–Simons interaction term. The resulting interactions deform both the gauge transformations and their algebra, but not the reducibility relations.

scholarly journals Light-cone quantization of gauge fields

1994 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary McCartor ◽  
David G. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Light Cone ◽  
Gauge Fields ◽  
Light Cone Quantization

scholarly journals PERTURBATIVE GAUGE ANOMALIES IN THE HAMILTONIAN FORMALISM: A COHOMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

1994 ◽  
Vol 09 (07) ◽  
pp. 665-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. BARNICH
Keyword(s):  
Hamiltonian Formalism ◽  
Time Development ◽  
Lagrangian Formalism ◽  
Brst Charge ◽  
Brst Cohomology ◽  
Quantum Action ◽  
Gauge Anomalies ◽  
Quantum Action Principle ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Renormalization Theory

The quantum action principle of renormalization theory is applied to the antibracket-antifield formalism for Hamiltonian systems. General results on the local BRST cohomology allow one to prove that the anomalies appear in the time development of the BRST charge and violate the nilpotency of this charge. Furthermore they are equivalent to those of the Lagrangian formalism. The analysis provides a completely gauge and regularization independent proof of Faddeev’s conjecture on the relationship between gauge anomalies and Schwinger terms in the context of descent equations.

BRST FIELD THEORIES FOR A QUANTUM LORENTZ PARTICLE

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (06) ◽  
pp. 1187-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
MACHIKO HATSUDA
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Brst Symmetry ◽  
Arbitrary Spin ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Gauge Fields ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Tensor Fields ◽  
Guiding Principle ◽  
Brst Charge ◽  
Brst Cohomology

From the study of string field theory, first quantized BRST symmetry is known to be a guiding principle in constructing field theories. We construct the first quantized BRST charge QB for a quantum Lorentz particle which is characterized by the constraints which are expressed in terms of (inhomogeneous) Lorentz generators. It is shown that the BRST cohomology of this system includes only the field strengths and not the fundamental gauge fields with nontrivial norms. By using this BRST charge, we obtain the field theory Lagrangian via the ∫ΨQBΨ construction, which leads to field equations for fields with arbitrary spin. However, this action cannot be used to derive a second quantized theory except for Dirac fields. For antisymmetric tensor fields, we can get the correct second quantized theories if we introduce extra conditions.

TOPOLOGICAL CONFORMAL ALGEBRA IN POLYAKOV’S LIGHT-CONE GAUGE GRAVITY

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (35) ◽  
pp. 3291-3302 ◽  
Author(s):  
KIYONORI YAMADA
Keyword(s):  
Light Cone ◽  
Matter Field ◽  
Conformal Algebra ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Topological Algebras ◽  
Light Cone Gauge ◽  
Brst Cohomology ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
Conformal Gauge ◽  
Gauge Gravity

We show that the two-dimensional gravity coupled to c=−2 matter field in Polyakov’s light-cone gauge has a twisted N=2 superconformal algebra. We also show that the BRST cohomology in the light-cone gauge actually coincides with that in the conformal gauge. Based on this observation the relations between the topological algebras are discussed.

BRST COHOMOLOGY IN QUANTUM AFFINE ALGEBRA $U_q \left( {\widehat{sl_2 }} \right)$

1994 ◽  
Vol 09 (14) ◽  
pp. 1253-1265 ◽  
Author(s):  
HITOSHI KONNO
Keyword(s):  
Free Field ◽  
Classical Case ◽  
Explicit Construction ◽  
Quantum Affine Algebra ◽  
Affine Algebra ◽  
Field Representation ◽  
Highest Weight ◽  
Brst Charge ◽  
Brst Cohomology ◽  
Highest Weight Representation

Using free field representation of quantum affine algebra [Formula: see text], we investigate the structure of the Fock modules over [Formula: see text]. The analysis is based on a q-analog of the BRST formalism given by Bernard and Felder in the affine Kac-Moody algebra [Formula: see text]. We give an explicit construction of the singular vectors using the BRST charge. By the same cohomology analysis as the classical case (q=1), we obtain the irreducible highest weight representation space as a non-trivial cohomology group. This enables us to calculate a trace of the q-vertex operators over this space.

SYMMETRY IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (13) ◽  
pp. 2331-2346 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAI-WEN XU ◽  
CHUAN-JIE ZHU
Keyword(s):  
Light Cone ◽  
Integration Method ◽  
Symmetry Algebra ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Light Cone Gauge ◽  
Simple Interpretation ◽  
Brst Charge ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
Covariant Gauge ◽  
Liouville Action

We study the symmetry of two-dimensional gravity by choosing a generic gauge. A local action is derived which reduces to either the Liouville action or the Polyakov one by reducing to the conformal or light-cone gauge respectively. The theory is also solved classically. We show that an SL (2, R) covariant gauge can be chosen so that the two-dimensional gravity has a manifest Virasoro and the sl (2, R)-current symmetry discovered by Polyakov. The symmetry algebra of the light-cone gauge is shown to be isomorphic to the Beltrami algebra. By using the contour integration method we construct the BRST charge QB corresponding to this algebra following the Fradkin-Vilkovisky procedure and prove that the nilpotence of QB requires c=28 and α0=1. We give a simple interpretation of these conditions.

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