𝒲-gauge structures and their anomalies: An algebraic approach

DOI10.1063/1.531206zbMath0859.58036arXivhep-th/9411125OpenAlexW2077082907MaRDI QIDQ4873423

Daniela Garajeu, Richard Grimm, Serge Lazzarini

Publication date: 5 January 1997

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9411125

zbMATH Keywords

conformal covarianceanomaliesprojective connectiongauge potentialszero curvature conditions\({\mathcal W}\)-gauge structureBRS structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Virasoro and related algebras (17B68) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

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