Consistent Interactions Between Gauge Fields: The Cohomological Approach

1997/12/24 by Marc Henneaux · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-th

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published as Contemp.Math. 219 (1998) 93 · latex

arxiv created 1997/12/24 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

The cohomological approach to the problem of consistent interactions between fields with a gauge freedom is reviewed. The role played by the BRST symmetry is explained. Applications to massless vector fields and 2-form gauge fields are surveyed.

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