Superfield algorithm for higher order gauge field theories

Abstract

We propose an algorithm for the construction of higher order gauge field theories from a superfield formulation within the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism. This is a generalization of the superfield algorithm recently considered by Batalin and Marnelius. This generalization seems to allow for non-topological gauge field theories as well as alternative representations of topological ones. A five dimensional non-abelian Chern-Simons theory and a topological Yang-Mills theory are treated as examples.

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• The Geometry of the Master Equation and Topological Quantum Field Theory
• The dynamical structure of higher dimensional Chern-Simons theory
• Isomorphisms between the Batalin-Vilkovisky antibracket and the Poisson bracket
• Generalized Poisson sigma models
• First order gauge field theories from a superfield formulation