1995/05/02 by Nelson R. F. Braga, S. M. de Souza, Sergio M. de Souza
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #BRST quantization #Background field method #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Formalism (music) #Gauge fixing #Gauge theory #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Numerical methods for differential equations #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantization (signal processing) #Superspace #Supersymmetry #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.53.916
published as Phys.Rev.D53:916-922,1996 · 13 pages , LATEX file
arxiv created 1995/05/02 · openalex publication_date 1996/01/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A superspace formulation for the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism (also called field-antifield quantization) with extended BRST invariance (BRST and anti-BRST invariance) for gauge theories with a closed algebra is presented. In contrast with a recent formulation, where only BRST invariance holds off shell, two collective sets of fields are introduced and an off-shell realizaiton of the extended algebra in a superspace with two Grassmann coordinates is obtained. The example of the Yang-Mills theory is also considered. \textcopyright 1996 The American Physical Society.