Nilpotent symmetry invariance in the superfield formulation: The (non-)Abelian 1-form gauge theories

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3685-3705

  Malik, R P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

(anti )BRST symmetries; (non )Abelian 1 form gauge theories; Geometrical interpretations; Horizontality condition; Superfield formalism; Symmetry invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349116194     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X08041591     Document Type: Article

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