Abelian p-form (p= 1, 2, 3) gauge theories as the field theoretic models for the Hodge theory

R Kumar, S Krishna, A Shukla… - International Journal of …, 2014 - World Scientific
Taking the simple examples of an Abelian 1-form gauge theory in two (1+ 1)-dimensions, a 2-
form gauge theory in four (3+ 1)-dimensions and a 3-form gauge theory in six (5+ 1) …

-Dimensional topologically massive 2-form gauge theory: geometrical superfield approach

R Kumar, D Mukhopadhyay - The European Physical Journal C, 2018 - Springer
We derive the complete set of off-shell nilpotent and absolutely anticommuting Becchi–
Rouet–Stora–Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry transformations corresponding to the …

Dual-BRST symmetry: 6D Abelian 3-form gauge theory

R Kumar, S Krishna, A Shukla, RP Malik - The European Physical Journal …, 2012 - Springer
Within the framework of the Becchi–Rouet–Stora–Tyutin (BRST) formalism, we demonstrate
the existence of the novel off-shell nilpotent (anti-) dual-BRST symmetries in the context of a …

New observations in the BRST analysis of dynamical non-Abelian 2-form gauge theory

R Kumar, RP Malik - Europhysics Letters, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We generalize the usual gauge transformations connected with the 1-form gauge potential
to the Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry transformations for the …

Topologically massive non-Abelian theory: superfield approach

S Krishna, A Shukla, RP Malik - International Journal of Modern …, 2011 - World Scientific
We apply the well-established techniques of geometrical superfield approach to Becchi–
Rouet–Stora–Tyutin (BRST) formalism in the context of four (3+ 1)-dimensional (4D) …

3D Jackiw–Pi model:(anti-) chiral superfield approach to BRST formalism

B Chauhan - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2022 - Springer
We discuss and derive the continuous Becchi–Rouet–Stora–Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST
symmetry transformations for the Jackiw–Pi (JP) model of three (2+ 1)-dimensional (3D) …

BRST analysis of topologically massive gauge theory: novel observations

R Kumar, RP Malik - The European Physical Journal C, 2011 - Springer
A dynamical non-Abelian 2-form gauge theory (with B∧ F term) is endowed with the “scalar”
and “vector” gauge symmetry transformations. In our present endeavor, we exploit the latter …

Local symmetries of the non-Abelian two-form

A Lahiri - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
An inhomogeneous gauge transformation law for non-Abelian two-forms in B^ F type
theories is proposed and corresponding invariant actions are discussed. The auxiliary one …

Gauge transformations of the non-Abelian two-form

A Lahiri - Modern Physics Letters A, 2002 - World Scientific
A novel inhomogeneous gauge transformation law is proposed for a non-Abelian adjoint two-
form potential in four dimensions. Rules for constructing actions invariant under this are …

Trap** of nonAbelian gauge fields on a brane

I Oda - arxiv preprint hep-th/0103257, 2001 - arxiv.org
We show that as in abelian gauge fields, nonabelian gauge fields are also trapped on a
brane in the Randall-Sundrum model by applying a new mechanism based on topological …