Parent field theory and unfolding in BRST first-quantized terms

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-181

  Barnich, G ^a,c   Grigoriev, M ^a,b,c   Semikhatov, A ^b   Tipunin, I ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL SOLVAY INSTITUTES   (Belgium)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

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EID: 25444498542     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-005-1408-4     Document Type: Article

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