Absolutely anticommuting (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations for topologically massive Abelian gauge theory
Creators
- 1. Banaras Hindu University, Physics Department, Centre of Advanced Studies, Varanasi, U.P. (India)
- 2. Banaras Hindu University, DST Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Varanasi (India)
Description
We demonstrate the existence of the nilpotent and absolutely anticommuting Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry transformations for the four (3+1)-dimensional (4D) topologically massive Abelian U(1) gauge theory that is described by the coupled Lagrangian densities (which incorporate the celebrated (B and F) term). The absolute anticommutativity of the (anti-) BRST symmetry transformations is ensured by the existence of a Curci-Ferrari type restriction that emerges from the superfield formalism as well as from the equations of motion which are derived from the above coupled Lagrangian densities. We show the invariance of the action from the point of view of the symmetry considerations as well as superfield formulation. We discuss, furthermore, the topological term within the framework of superfield formalism and provide the geometrical meaning of its invariance under the (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations. (orig.)
Availability note (English)
Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1468-2Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- European Physical Journal. C
- Journal Volume
- 70
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 491-502
- ISSN
- 1434-6044
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 42010188
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMMUTATION RELATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGE EQUATIONS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; REST MASS; SECOND QUANTIZATION; SUPERSYMMETRY; TRANSFORMATIONS; U-1 GROUPS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS; U GROUPS