Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2009-12-24
Phys.Part.Nucl.Lett.8:244-250,2011
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
LaTeX file, 12 pages, Talk delivered at SQS'09 (BLTP, JINR, Dubna)
Scientific paper
10.1134/S1547477111030149
We derive absolutely anticommuting Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry transformations for the 4D free Abelian 2-form gauge theory by exploiting the superfield approach to BRST formalism. The antisymmetric tensor gauge field of the above theory was christened as the "notoph" (i.e. the opposite of "photon") gauge field by Ogievetsky and Palubarinov way back in 1966-67. We briefly outline the problems involved in obtaining the absolute anticommutativity of the (anti-) BRST transformations and their resolution within the framework of geometrical superfield approach to BRST formalism. One of the highlights of our results is the emergence of a Curci-Ferrari type of restriction in the context of 4D Abelian 2-form (notoph) gauge theory which renders the nilpotent (anti-) BRST symmetries of the theory to be absolutely anticommutative in nature.
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