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Some aspects of the quantization ofp-forms and reducible gauge theories

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The quantization of thep-form inD dimensions is carried out according to both an extension of the BRST formalism and a method due to A. S. Schwarz. The latter yields a suggestive interpretation of the role of nonphysical fields in the quantization of reducible gauge theories. The introduction of gauge conditions of a different type (namely self-dual) modifies the ghost spectrum but does not affect the partition function.

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli, Mostra d'Oltremare, Pad. 19, 80125, Napoli

    L. Cappiello

  2. INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Napoli, Italy

    L. Cappiello

  3. Istituto di Fisica Teorica, Università di Napoli, Napoli

    G. Fiore

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Cappiello, L., Fiore, G. Some aspects of the quantization ofp-forms and reducible gauge theories. Nuov Cim A 104, 899–911 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02820563

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