Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2002-12-19
Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 19 (2004) 5663--5692
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
LaTeX file, 29 pages, misprints in (3.7), (3.8), (3.9), (3.13) and (4.14)corrected and communicated to IJMPA as ``Erratum''
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0217751X04018361
We discuss the (dual-)gauge transformations and BRST cohomology for the two (1 + 1)-dimensional (2D) free Abelian one-form and four (3 + 1)-dimensional (4D) free Abelian 2-form gauge theories by exploiting the (co-)BRST symmetries (and their corresponding generators) for the Lagrangian densities of these theories. For the 4D free 2-form gauge theory, we show that the changes on the antisymmetric polarization tensor e^{\mu\nu} (k) due to (i) the (dual-)gauge transformations corresponding to the internal symmetry group, and (ii) the translation subgroup T(2) of the Wigner's little group, are connected with each-other for the specific relationships among the parameters of these transformation groups. In the language of BRST cohomology defined w.r.t. the conserved and nilpotent (co-)BRST charges, the (dual-)gauge transformed states turn out to be the sum of the original state and the (co-)BRST exact states. We comment on (i) the quasi-topological nature of the 4D free 2-form gauge theory from the degrees of freedom count on e^{\mu\nu} (k), and (ii) the Wigner's little group and the BRST cohomology for the 2D one-form gauge theory {\it vis-{\`a}-vis} our analysis for the 4D 2-form gauge theory.
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