Gauge transformations, BRST cohomology and Wigner's little group

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 19, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 5663-5692

  Malik, R P ^a  

^a S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

(co )BRST symmetries; (Dual )gauge transformations; BRST cohomology; Hodge decomposition theorem; Wigner's little group

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; POLARIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 14644425356     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X04018361     Document Type: Article

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