The role of antifields in BRST theory

DOI10.1016/S0920-5632(97)00361-7zbMath0991.81593OpenAlexW1975973824WikidataQ59307824 ScholiaQ59307824MaRDI QIDQ5927220

Marc Henneaux

Publication date: 8 March 2001

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B. Proceedings Supplements (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0920-5632(97)00361-7

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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