Abelian 2-form gauge theory: superfield formalism
| dc.creator | Malik, R. P. | |
| dc.date | 2007-02-06 | |
| dc.date | 2009-04-08 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T13:01:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T13:01:23Z | |
| dc.description | We derive the off-shell nilpotent Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry transformations for {\it all} the fields of a free Abelian 2-form gauge theory by exploiting the geometrical superfield approach to BRST formalism. The above four (3 + 1)-dimensional (4D) theory is considered on a (4, 2)-dimensional supermanifold parameterized by the four even spacetime variables x^μ(with μ= 0, 1, 2, 3) and a pair of odd Grassmannian variables θand \barθ(with θ^2 = \barθ^2 = 0, θ\barθ+ \barθθ= 0). One of the salient features of our present investigation is that the above nilpotent (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations turn out to be absolutely anticommuting due to the presence of a Curci-Ferrari (CF) type of restriction. The latter condition emerges due to the application of our present superfield formalism. The actual CF condition, as is well-known, is the hallmark of a 4D non-Abelian 1-form gauge theory. We demonstrate that our present 4D Abelian 2-form gauge theory imbibes some of the key signatures of the 4D non-Abelian 1-form gauge theory. We briefly comment on the generalization of our supperfield approach to the case of Abelian 3-form gauge theory in four (3 + 1)-dimensions of spacetime. | |
| dc.description | LaTeX file, 23 pages, journal version | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0702039 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0702039 | |
| dc.identifier | Eur.Phys.J.C60:457-470,2009 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-0918-1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/226134 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Abelian 2-form gauge theory: superfield formalism | |
| dc.type | text |