BRST Symmetry and de Rham Cohomology

• Main Author: Hong, Soon-Tae (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Mathematical Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.

This book provides an advanced introduction to extended theories of quantum field theory and algebraic topology, including Hamiltonian quantization associated with some geometrical constraints, symplectic embedding and Hamilton-Jacobi quantization and Becci-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) symmetry, as wel...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Hamiltonian quantization with constraints
• 3. BRST symmetry in constrained systems
• 4. Symplectic embedding and Hamilton-Jacobi quantization
• 5. Hamiltonian quantization and BRST symmetry of soliton models
• 6. Hamiltonian quantization and BRST symmetry of Skyrmion models
• 7. Hamiltonian structure of other models
• 8. Phenomenological soliton
• 9. De Rham cohomology in constrained physical system
• Appendix.