Wess-Zumino Terms for Reducible Anomalous Gauge Theories

Abstract

Reducible off-shell anomalous gauge theories are studied in the framework of an extended Field-Antifield formalism by introducing new variables associated with the anomalous gauge degrees of freedom. The Wess-Zumino term for these theories is constructed and new gauge invariances appear. The quantum effects due to the extra variables are considered.

31 pages, Latex file, no figures. Section added. To appear in Nucl.Phys.B

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