Publication details
Superfield Quantization
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 1998 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | NUCLEAR PHYSICS B |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9708140 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00806-7 |
| Field | Theoretical physics |
| Keywords | BATALIN-VILKOVISKY FORMALISM; DYNAMICAL-SYSTEMS SUBJECT; QUANTUM GAUGE-THEORIES; SUPERSPACE FORMULATION; 1ST-CLASS CONSTRAINTS; BRST QUANTIZATION; GEOMETRY; SYMMETRY; ALGEBRA; BOSON |
| Description | We present a superfield formulation of the quantization program for theories with first class constraints. An exact operator formulation is given, and we show how to set up a phase-space path integral entirely in terms of superfields. BRST transformations and canonical transformations enter on equal footing, and they allow us to establish a superspace analog of the BFV theorem. We also present a formal derivation of the Lagrangian superfield analogue of the field-antifield formalism, by an integration over half of the phase-space variables. |