Publication details
Gauge Independence of the Lagrangian Path Integral in a Higher-Order Formalism
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| Year of publication | 1996 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | PHYSICS LETTERS B |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9609037 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01334-2 |
| Field | Theoretical physics |
| Keywords | FIELD-ANTIFIELD FORMALISM; BATALIN-VILKOVISKY FORMALISM; QUANTIZATION; GEOMETRY; EQUATIONS; ALGEBRA |
| Description | We propose a Lagrangian path integral based on gauge symmetries generated by a symmetric higher-order $\Delta$-operator, and demonstrate that this path integral is independent of the chosen gauge-fixing function. No explicit change of variables in the functional integral is required to show this. |