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Gauge-theory ghosts and ghost-gauge theories

VI. Quantum Field Theory

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We review the geometric unitarity equations for an Internal gauge theory, for a supergauge, for the Kalb Ramond field, and for a Non-Internal gauge. We present recent results relating to the role of “antighosts”.

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  • Gauge Field
  • Principal Bundle
  • Local Gauge
  • Poincare Group
  • Principal Fiber Bundle

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Supported in part by the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation

Supported in part by the U.S. DOE, Grant

Wolfson Chair Extraordinary of Theoretical Physics

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Ne'eman, Y. (1982). Gauge-theory ghosts and ghost-gauge theories. In: Doebner, HD., Andersson, S.I., Petry, H.R. (eds) Differential Geometric Methods in Mathematical Physics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 905. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0092441

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