Published 1995 | Version v1
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Regularisation, the BV method, and the antibracket cohomology

Creators

  • 1. Leuven Univ. (Belgium). Inst. voor Theoretische Fysica

Description

We review the Lagrangian Batalin-Vilkovisky method for gauge theories. This includes gauge fixing, quantisation and regularisation. We emphasize the role of cohomology of the antibracket operation. Our main example is d = 2 gravity, for which we also discuss the solutions for the cohomology in the space of local integrals. This leads to the most general form for the action, for anomalies and for background charges. (orig.)

Part of:
Strings and symmetries. Proceedings

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Springer.
Imprint Place
Berlin (Germany)
ISBN
3-540-59163-X
Imprint Title
Strings and symmetries. Proceedings
Imprint Pagination
403 p.
Journal Volume
447
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics.
Journal Page Range
p. 183-196.
ISSN
0075-8450

Conference

Title
1. Gursey conference on strings and symmetries.
Dates
6-10 Jun 1994.
Place
Istanbul (Turkey).

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
27011880
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM GRAVITY; RENORMALIZATION
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; TRANSFORMATIONS

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