The BPHZ renormalised BV master equation and two-loop anomalies in chiral gravities

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 476, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 559-610

  De Jonghe, F ^a   Paris J ^b   Troost, W ^b  

^a NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Field antifield formalism; Renormalization; W gravities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030607075     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00313-6     Document Type: Article

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