BRST extension of the Faddeev model

Soon-Tae Hong and Antti J. Niemi
Phys. Rev. D 72, 127701 – Published 13 December 2005
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    The Faddeev model is a second class constrained system. Here we construct its nilpotent BRST operator and derive the ensuing manifestly BRST invariant Lagrangian. Our construction employs the structure of Stückelberg fields in a nontrivial fashion.

    • Received 23 August 2005

    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.127701

    ©2005 American Physical Society

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    Soon-Tae Hong

    • Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
    • Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

    Antti J. Niemi

    • Department of Theoretical Physics, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 803, S-75108 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

    • *Electronic address: soonhong@ewha.ac.kr
    • †Electronic address: niemi@teorfys.uu.se

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    Vol. 72, Iss. 12 — 15 December 2005

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