Non-Abelian Antibrackets
arXiv:hep-th/9511066 · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(95)01533-7
Abstract
The -operator of the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism is the Hamiltonian BRST charge of Abelian shift transformations in the ghost momentum representation. We generalize this -operator, and its associated hierarchy of antibrackets, to that of an arbitrary non-Abelian and possibly open algebra of any rank. We comment on the possible application of this formalism to closed string field theory.
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