The Wess-Zumino consistency condition for p-form gauge theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 548, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 491-526

  Henneaux, Marc ^a,b   Knaepen, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brst cohomology; p form gauge fields; Wess Zumino consistency condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033599923     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00155-8     Document Type: Article

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