Generalized gaugings and the field-antifield formalism

Coomans, Frederik, de Rydt, Jan and Van Proeyen, Antoine (2010) Generalized gaugings and the field-antifield formalism. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010 (3). p. 105. ISSN 1029-8479

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Gauge Symmetry, Supergravity Models
Subjects:	F300 Physics
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Geography and Environmental Sciences
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	12 Jul 2018 09:03
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2019 20:00
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34949

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