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BV and BRST Quantization, Quantum Observables and Symmetry

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Gauge redundancy has been a guiding principle for most of the theories about nature. Starting with quantum electrodynamics, continuing with Yang-Mills theories and Quantum Chromodynamics and reaching into the realms of supergravity, all theories appear to obey this principle. The existence of a gauge redundancy therefore appears to be ubiquitous. When performing path integral quantization, gauge fixing is a natural requirement. The existence of unphysical degrees of freedom would otherwise make practical calculations impossible.

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Patrascu, AT. (2017). BV and BRST Quantization, Quantum Observables and Symmetry. In: The Universal Coefficient Theorem and Quantum Field Theory. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46143-4_8

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