Mathematics – Quantum Algebra
Scientific paper
1999-01-05
Commun.Math.Phys. 210 (2000) 107-144
Mathematics
Quantum Algebra
LaTeX2e, 34 pages, revised version: minor changes and corrected typos
Scientific paper
10.1007/s002200050774
In this article we consider quantum phase space reduction when zero is a regular value of the momentum map. By analogy with the classical case we define the BRST cohomology in the framework of deformation quantization. We compute the quantum BRST cohomology in terms of a `quantum' Chevalley-Eilenberg cohomology of the Lie algebra on the constraint surface. To prove this result, we construct an explicit chain homotopy, both in the classical and quantum case, which is constructed out of a prolongation of functions on the constraint surface. We have observed the phenomenon that the quantum BRST cohomology cannot always be used for quantum reduction, because generally its zero part is no longer a deformation of the space of all smooth functions on the reduced phase space. But in case the group action is `sufficiently nice', e.g. proper (which is the case for all compact Lie group actions), it is shown for a strongly invariant star product that the BRST procedure always induces a star product on the reduced phase space in a rather explicit and natural way. Simple examples and counter examples are discussed.
Bordemann Martin
Herbig Hans-Christian
Waldmann Stefan
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