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hep-th1994★ 340 cited

Antibracket, Antifields and Gauge-Theory Quantization

Joaquim Gomis, Jordi Paris, Stuart Samuel

The antibracket formalism for gauge theories, at both the classical and quantum level, is reviewed. Gauge transformations and the associated gauge structure are analyzed in detail.…

hep-th1994★ 3 cited

On the Lagrangian Realization of Non-Critical -Strings

Alex Deckmyn, Ruud Siebelink, Walter Troost +1

A large class of non-critical string theories with extended worldsheet gauge symmetry are described by two coupled, gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten Models. We give a detailed analysis of…

hep-th1994★ 5 cited

Regularisation, the BV method, and the antibracket cohomology

Walter Troost, Antoine Van Proeyen

We review the Lagrangian Batalin--Vilkovisky method for gauge theories. This includes gauge fixing, quantisation and regularisation. We emphasize the role of cohomology of the anti…

hep-th1994★ 4 cited

Quantising Higher-spin String Theories

H. Lu, C. N. Pope, K. Thielemans +2

In this paper, we examine the conditions under which a higher-spin string theory can be quantised. The quantisability is crucially dependent on the way in which the matter currents…

hep-th1994★ 28 cited

Discrete Differential Manifolds and Dynamics on Networks

A. Dimakis, F. M"uller-Hoissen, F. Vanderseypen

A `discrete differential manifold' we call a countable set together with an algebraic differential calculus on it. This structure has already been explored in previous work and pro…

hep-th1994★ 39 cited

Topological conformal field theory with a rational W potential and the dispersionless KP hierarchy

S. Aoyama, Y. Kodama

We present a new class of topological conformal field theories (TCFT) characterized by a rational potential, which includes the minimal models of A and D types as its subclasse…

hep-th1994★ 17 cited

Anomalies and Wess-Zumino Terms in an Extended, Regularized Field-Antifield Formalism

Joaquim Gomis, Jordi París

Quantization of anomalous gauge theories with closed, irreducible gauge algebra within the extended Field-Antifield formalism is further pursued. Using a Pauli-Villars (PV) regular…