Generalized gaugings and the field-antifield formalism

Details Generalized gaugings and the field-antifield formalism Generalized gaugings and the field-antifield formalism

2010-01-14

arxiv.org/abs/1001.2560v2

JHEP 1003:105,2010

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

42 pages; v2: some clarifications and 1 reference added; version to be published in JHEP

Scientific paper

10.1007/JHEP03(2010)105

We discuss the algebra of general gauge theories that are described by the embedding tensor formalism. We compare the gauge transformations dependent and independent of an invariant action, and argue that the generic transformations lead to an infinitely reducible algebra. We connect the embedding tensor formalism to the field-antifield (or Batalin-Vilkovisky) formalism, which is the most general formulation known for general gauge theories and their quantization. The structure equations of the embedding tensor formalism are included in the master equation of the field-antifield formalism.

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