Gauge fixing and abelianization in simple BRST quantization

Abstract

In a previous paper \cite{Simple} it was shown that the BRST charge $Q$ for any gauge model with a Lie algebra symmetry may be decomposed as $Q=\del+\del^†,\;\;\;\del^2=\del^{†2}=0,\;\;\;[\del, \del^†]_+=0$ provided dynamical Lagrange multipliers are used but without introducing other matter variables in $\del$ than the gauge generators in $Q$. In this paper further decompositions are derived but now by means of gauge fixing operators. As in \cite{Simple} it is shown that $\del=c^{†a}ϕ_a$ where $c^a$ are new ghosts and ${\varphi }_a$ are nonhermitian variables satisfying the gauge algebra. However, in distinction to \cite{Simple} also solutions of the form $\del=c^{†a}A_a$ where $A_a$ satisfy an abelian algebra is derived (abelianization). By means of a bigrading the BRST condition reduces to $\del|ph\hb=\del^†|ph\hb=0$ on inner product spaces whose general solutions are expressed in terms of the solutions to a proper Dirac quantization. Thus, the procedure provides for inner products for the solutions of a Dirac quantization.

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