Published December 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

BRST symmetry of field redefinitions

  • 1. CERN, Geneva (CERN)

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Field redefinitions are considered as a special case of BRST gauge fixings of more general field-enlarging transformations. At the two-loop level an extra local term in the action, the Gervais-Jevicki potential, is generated by point canonical transformations in the bosonic part of the theory. The authors give an example of how this additional term can be cancelled by the inclusion of the ghost fields. This is achieved through an anomalous Jacobian factor from the ghost measure. 24 refs

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Journal Title
Annals of Physics (New York)
Journal Volume
220
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 188-211.
ISSN
0003-4916
CODEN
APNYA6