scholarly journals Ghosts from ghosts in the BRST formalism

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (11) ◽  
pp. 1292-1295 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.G.C. McKeon
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Spinning Particle ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
First Order ◽  
Hilbert Action

We show that the Hamiltonian HQ, introduced in the course of BRST analysis of a gauge theory, may in fact be associated with an action that itself is gauge invariant. This action can then be treated using the BRST formalism. We illustrate this by considering the spinning particle and the first-order Einstein–Hilbert action in 1 + 1 dimensions.

scholarly journals An analysis of the first-order form of gauge theories

2012 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kiriushcheva ◽  
S.V. Kuzmin ◽  
D.G.C. McKeon
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Vector Fields ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Mass Term ◽  
Maxwell Theory ◽  
First Order ◽  
Order Form ◽  
Constraint Structure ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Hilbert Action

The first-order form of a Maxwell theory and U(1) gauge theory in which a gauge invariant mass term appears is analyzed using the Dirac procedure. The form of the gauge transformation that leaves the action invariant is derived from the constraints present. A nonabelian generalization is similarly analyzed. This first-order three dimensional massive gauge theory is rewritten in terms of two interacting vector fields. The constraint structure when using light-cone coordinates is considered. The relationship between first- and second-order forms of the two-dimensional Einstein–Hilbert action is explored where a Lagrange multiplier is used to ensure their equivalence.

The Standard Theory

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Iliopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Invariant Theory ◽  
Standard Theory ◽  
Strong Interactions ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Electromagnetic Interactions ◽  
Protons And Neutrons ◽  
Free Particles ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Theory And Experiment

All ingredients of the previous chapters are combined in order to build a gauge invariant theory of the interactions among the elementary particles. We start with a unified model of the weak and the electromagnetic interactions. The gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken through the BEH mechanism and we identify the resulting BEH boson. Then we describe the theory known as quantum chromodynamics (QCD), a gauge theory of the strong interactions. We present the property of confinement which explains why the quarks and the gluons cannot be extracted out of the protons and neutrons to form free particles. The last section contains a comparison of the theoretical predictions based on this theory with the experimental results. The agreement between theory and experiment is spectacular.

scholarly journals DISCRETE AND CONTINUUM APPROACHES TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM GRAVITY

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (39) ◽  
pp. 3591-3600 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROSI OOGURI ◽  
NAOKI SASAKURA
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Analogue Model ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Invariant Functions ◽  
Dimensional Lattice ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Dimensional Surface

It is shown that, in the three-dimensional lattice gravity defined by Ponzano and Regge, the space of physical states is isomorphic to the space of gauge-invariant functions on the moduli space of flat SU(2) connections over a two-dimensional surface, which gives physical states in the ISO(3) Chern–Simons gauge theory. To prove this, we employ the q-analogue of this model defined by Turaev and Viro as a regularization to sum over states. A recent work by Turaev suggests that the q-analogue model itself may be related to an Euclidean gravity with a cosmological constant proportional to 1/k2, where q=e2πi/(k+2).

scholarly journals Breaking the cosmological background degeneracy by two-fluid perturbations in f(R) gravity

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (07) ◽  
pp. 1550053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amare Abebe
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Exact Solutions ◽  
Structure Formation ◽  
Background Level ◽  
Cosmological Perturbations ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
First Order ◽  
Cosmological Background ◽  
Theories Of Gravity ◽  
Two Fluid

One of the exact solutions of f(R) theories of gravity in the presence of different forms of matter exactly mimics the ΛCDM solution of general relativity (GR) at the background level. In this work we study the evolution of scalar cosmological perturbations in the covariant and gauge-invariant formalism and show that although the background in such a model is indistinguishable from the standard ΛCDM cosmology, this degeneracy is broken at the level of first-order perturbations. This is done by predicting different rates of structure formation in ΛCDM and the f(R) model both in the complete and quasi-static regimes.

scholarly journals REMARKS ON A CHERN–SIMONS-LIKE COUPLING

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (37) ◽  
pp. 2813-2821
Author(s):  
PATRICIO GAETE
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Vector Field ◽  
Static Potential ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Massive Vector ◽  
Hidden Sector ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Qualitative Nature ◽  
Path Dependent ◽  
Chern Simons

We consider the static quantum potential for a gauge theory which includes a light massive vector field interacting with the familiar U (1) QED photon via a Chern–Simons-like coupling, by using the gauge-invariant, but path-dependent, variables formalism. An exactly screening phase is then obtained, which displays a marked departure of a qualitative nature from massive axionic electrodynamics. The above static potential profile is similar to that encountered in axionic electrodynamics consisting of a massless axion-like field, as well as to that encountered in the coupling between the familiar U (1) QED photon and a second massive gauge field living in the so-called U (1)h hidden-sector, inside a superconducting box.

scholarly journals SOME CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT PODOLSKY-AXIONIC ELECTRODYNAMICS

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1250061 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICIO GAETE
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Potential ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
First Order ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Path Dependent

For a Podolsky-axionic electrodynamics, we compute the interaction potential within the structure of the gauge-invariant but path-dependent variables formalism. The result is equivalent to that of axionic electrodynamics from a new noncommutative approach, up to first-order in θ.

INVESTIGATIONS IN THE LEE–WICK ELECTRODYNAMICS

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (26) ◽  
pp. 1985-1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTONIO ACCIOLY ◽  
PATRICIO GAETE ◽  
JOSÉ HELAYËL-NETO ◽  
ESLLEY SCATENA ◽  
RODRIGO TURCATI
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Elastic Scattering ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Magnetic Moment ◽  
Heavy Particle ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Higher Derivatives ◽  
Electron Magnetic Moment ◽  
Invariant Dimension ◽  
Coulomb Potentials

We consider the Lee–Wick (LW) electrodynamics, i.e. the U(1) gauge theory where a (gauge-invariant) dimension-6 operator containing higher derivatives is added to the free Lagrangian of the U(1) sector. A quantum bound on the LW heavy particle mass is then estimated by computing the anomalous electron–magnetic moment in the context of the aforementioned model. This limit is not only within the allowed range estimated by LW, it is also of the same order as that considered in early investigations on the possible effects of the LW heavy particle in e-e+ elastic scattering. A comparative study between the LW and the Coulomb potentials is also done.

scholarly journals Superfield approach to nilpotent symmetries in 3D Jackiw–Pi model of massive non-Abelian theory

2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (9) ◽  
pp. 1033-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gupta ◽  
R. Kumar ◽  
R.P. Malik
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Brst Symmetry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Abelian Gauge ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Abelian Gauge Theory ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Symmetry Transformations ◽  
Augmented Superfield Formalism

In the available literature, only the Becchi–Rouet–Stora–Tyutin (BRST) symmetries are known for the Jackiw–Pi model of the three (2 + 1)-dimensional (3D) massive non-Abelian gauge theory. We derive the off-shell nilpotent [Formula: see text] and absolutely anticommuting (sbsab + sabsb = 0) (anti-)BRST transformations s(a)b corresponding to the usual Yang–Mills gauge transformations of this model by exploiting the “augmented” superfield formalism where the horizontality condition and gauge invariant restrictions blend together in a meaningful manner. There is a non-Yang–Mills (NYM) symmetry in this theory, too. However, we do not touch the NYM symmetry in our present endeavor. This superfield formalism leads to the derivation of an (anti-)BRST invariant Curci–Ferrari restriction, which plays a key role in the proof of absolute anticommutativity of s(a)b. The derivation of the proper anti-BRST symmetry transformations is important from the point of view of geometrical objects called gerbes. A novel feature of our present investigation is the derivation of the (anti-)BRST transformations for the auxiliary field ρ from our superfield formalism, which is neither generated by the (anti-)BRST charges nor obtained from the requirements of nilpotency and (or) absolute anticommutativity of the (anti-)BRST symmetries for our present 3D non-Abelian 1-form gauge theory.

scholarly journals STATIC POTENTIAL AND A NEW GENERALIZED CONNECTION IN THREE DIMENSIONS

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (22) ◽  
pp. 1695-1700 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICIO GAETE
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Static Potential ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Confining Potential ◽  
Static Interaction ◽  
Pure Gauge Theory ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Chern Simons Theory

For a recently proposed pure gauge theory in three dimensions, without a Chern–Simons term, we calculate the static interaction potential within the structure of the gauge-invariant variables formalism. As a consequence, a confining potential is obtained. This result displays a marked qualitative departure from the usual Maxwell–Chern–Simons theory.

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