The quantization of thep-form inD dimensions is carried out according to both an extension of the BRST formalism and a method due to A. S. Schwarz. The latter yields a suggestive interpretation of the role of nonphysical fields in the quantization of reducible gauge theories. The introduction of gauge conditions of a different type (namely self-dual) modifies the ghost spectrum but does not affect the partition function.
Some Aspects of the Quantization of p-Forms and Reducible Gauge Theories / Cappiello, Luigi; Fiore, Gaetano. - In: NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI FISICA. A, NUCLEI, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1124-1861. - STAMPA. - 104 A:(1991), pp. 899-911. [10.1007/BF02820563]
Some Aspects of the Quantization of p-Forms and Reducible Gauge Theories
CAPPIELLO, LUIGI;FIORE, GAETANO
1991
Abstract
The quantization of thep-form inD dimensions is carried out according to both an extension of the BRST formalism and a method due to A. S. Schwarz. The latter yields a suggestive interpretation of the role of nonphysical fields in the quantization of reducible gauge theories. The introduction of gauge conditions of a different type (namely self-dual) modifies the ghost spectrum but does not affect the partition function.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.