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We generalize the superfield BRST quantization method for general gauge theories to the case of gauge fixing by the corresponding generating equation. We find a superfield form of the BRST symmetry of the vacuum functional and prove the gauge independence of the S-matrix. We show that the vacuum functional of the BV quantization method corresponds to a particular solution of the gauge-fixing generating equation. We discuss a modified version of the Ward identities related to the proposed generalized procedure of gauge fixing.
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Lavrov, P.V., Moshin, P.Y. Superfield Quantization in the Lagrangian Formalism. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 126, 101–109 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005258332527
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