Published August 12, 2003 | Version v1
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Comments on the Quantum Noether Method and the gauge-fixed BRST Cohomology

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We discuss in detail the relation between the gauge fixed and gauge invariant BRST cohomology. We showed previously that in certain gauges some cohomology classes of the gauge-fixed BRST differential do not correspond to gauge invariant observables. We now show that in addition ''accidental'' conserved currents may appear. These correspond one-to-one to observables that become trivial in this gauge. We explicitly show how the gauge-fixed BRST cohomology appears in the context of the Quantum Noether Method

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Available from PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/815288-qOU7kM/native/

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https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/815288-qOU7kM/native/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
[vp.]
Report number
SLAC-PUB--9929

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
34076112
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; CALCULATION METHODS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; ORIGIN; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Descriptors DEC
CURRENTS; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

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Contract/Grant/Project number
AC03-76SF00515
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Science (United States)