Local BRST cohomology for p-form gauge theories

Abstract

In this thesis, we compute within the field-antifield formalism the local BRST cohomology of various theories involving p-form gauge fields. A particular emphasis is put on the cohomology groups corresponding to the consistent local interactions, counterterms and candidate anomalies.

PhD thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, May 1999. 152 pages, no figures, misquotes in references corrected