Published November 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Absolutely anticommuting (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations for topologically massive Abelian gauge theory

  • 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/s10052-010-1468-2

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
70
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 491-502
ISSN
1434-6044