Published December 1992
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Journal article
BRST symmetry of field redefinitions
Description
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
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Annals of Physics (New York)
- Journal Volume
- 220
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 188-211.
- ISSN
- 0003-4916
- CODEN
- APNYA6
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24039735
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FIELD OPERATORS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; JACOBIAN FUNCTION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; TRANSFORMATIONS