A note on BRST quantization of SU(2) Yang-Mills mechanics

Abstract

The quantization of SU(2) Yang-Mills theory reduced to 0+1 space-time dimensions is performed in the BRST framework. We show that in the unitary gauge $A_0=0$ the BRST procedure has difficulties which can be solved by introduction of additional singlet ghost variables. In the Lorenz gauge ${\dot{A}}_0=0$ one has additional unphysical degrees of freedom, but the BRST quantization is free of the problems in the unitary gauge.

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