Abstract
In this paper we discuss the (anti)BRST symmetries and -algebra of higher derivative theories of relativistic particles satisfying general gauge conditions. Using this formalism, the connection between the (anti)BRST symmetries and -algebra for the massless particle with rigidity is established. Incidentally, the full -algebra emerges only when the anti-BRST transformations are considered in tandem with the BRST ones. Further, the BRST symmetry is made finite and coordinate dependent. We show that such finite coordinate-dependent BRST symmetry changes the BRST invariant gauge-fixing fermion within the functional integration. This is exploited to connect two different arbitrary gauge conditions.
- Received 17 June 2013
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.065019
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