BRS Symmetry, the Quantum Master Equation, and the Wilsonian Renormalization Group

Details BRS Symmetry, the Quantum Master Equation, and the Wilsonian Renormalization Group BRS Symmetry, the Quantum Master Equation, and the Wilsonian Renormalization Group

2001-01-16

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0101101v1

Prog.Theor.Phys. 106 (2001) 149-166

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

19 pages

Scientific paper

10.1143/PTP.106.149

Recently we made a proposal for realization of an effective BRS symmetry along the Wilsonian renormalization group flow. In this paper we show that the idea can be naturally extended for the most general gauge theories. Extensive use of the antifield formalism is made to reveal some remarkable structure of the effective BRS symmetry. The average action defined with a continuum analog of the block spin transformation obeys the quantum master equation (QME), provided that an UV action does so. We show that the RG flow described by the exact flow equations is generated by canonical transformations in the field-antifield space. Using the relation between the average action and the Legendre effective action, we establish the equivalence between the QME for the average action and the modified Ward-Takahashi identity for the Legendre action. The QME remains intact when the regularization is removed.

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