ar X iv : h ep - t h / 92 10 11 5 v 2 2 3 O ct 1 99 2 Semiclassical approximation in Batalin - Vilkovisky formalism

ar X iv : h ep - t h / 97 03 05 4 v 1 6 M ar 1 99 7 Symmetries and the Antibracket : The Batalin - Vilkovisky Method

ar X iv : h ep - t h / 92 05 08 8 v 1 2 6 M ay 1 99 2 Geometry of Batalin - Vilkovisky quantization

A very general and powerful approach to quantization of gauge theories was proposed by Batalin and Vilkovisky [1],[2]. The present paper is devoted to the study of geometry of this quantization procedure. The main mathematical objects under consideration are P -manifolds and SP -manifolds (supermanifolds provided with an odd symplectic structure and, in the case of SP -manifolds, with a volume ...

ar X iv : h ep - t h / 98 11 18 7 v 2 2 6 N ov 1 99 8 Large N - wormhole approach to spacetime foam

A simple model of spacetime foam, made by N wormholes in a semiclassical approximation, is taken under examination. We show that the qualitative behaviour of the fluctuation of the metric conjectured by Wheeler is here reproduced.

ar X iv : h ep - t h / 03 06 17 5 v 2 2 9 Ja n 20 04 Superfield algorithm for higher order gauge field theories

We propose an algorithm for the construction of higher order gauge field theories from a superfield formulation within the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism. This is a generalization of the superfield algorithm recently considered by Batalin and Marnelius. This generalization seems to allow for non-topological gauge field theories as well as alternative representations of topological ones. A five di...

ar X iv : h ep - t h / 96 12 11 8 v 3 7 O ct 1 99 7 Global Anomalies in the Batalin Vilkovisky Quantization

The Batalin Vilkovisky (BV) quantization provides a general procedure for calculating anomalies associated to gauge symmetries. Recent results show that even higher loop order contributions can be calculated by introducing an appropriate regularization-renormalization scheme. However, in its standard form, the BV quantization is not sensible to quantum violations of the classical conservation o...