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Local BRST symmetry and superfield formulation of the Donaldson-Witten theory☆

C. Aragão de Carvalho - No affiliation found

1992/01/30 Full-length article DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(92)91597-3 Journal: Physics Letters B

Abstract:

AbstractWe apply a symmetry principle for defining topological quantum field theories, based on local BRST invariance, in the case of topological Yang-Mills theory. This principle selects the self-duality and Lorentz gauge functions of the Donaldson-Witten theory. We also present a superfield formalism, which may unveil the geometrical meaning of this principle as reparametrization invariance in an appropriate superspace, with no dependence on the supermetric.