Lie algebroids and the geometry of off-shell BRST

It is well-known that principal bundles and associated bundles underlie the geometric structure of classical gauge field theories. In this paper, we explore the reformulation of gauge theories in terms of Lie algebroids and their associated bundles. This turns out to be a simple but elegant change,...

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Main Authors: Luca Ciambelli, Robert G. Leigh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321321002509