2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/52140In the framework of an extended BRST formalism, it is shown that the four $(3 + 1)$-dimensional (4D) free Abelian 2-form (notoph) gauge theory presents an example of a tractable field theoretical model for the Hodge theory.LaTeX file, 7 pages, Talk delivered at an Internatioonal Workshop on ``Supersymmetries and Quantum Symmetries (SQS'03)'' held at BLTP, JINR, Dubna (24-29 July 2003) in memory of Prof. V. I. Ogievetsky on the occasion of his 75th birth anniversary, Appeared in the Proceedings of the workshop SQS:'03, pp. 321--326High Energy Physics - TheoryNotoph Gauge Theory as Hodge Theorytext