Field redefinition invariant Lagrange multiplier formalism

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Main Authors: Brandt, F. T., Martins-Filho, S.
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Published: 2022
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author Brandt, F. T.
Martins-Filho, S.
author_facet Brandt, F. T.
Martins-Filho, S.
contents In this paper, we propose a field redefinition invariant Lagrange multiplier (LM) formalism in which new ghost-like fields, analogous to Lee-Yang ghosts, are introduced. These ghost fields are required to restore the field redefinition invariance of the standard path integral of the LM theory and, at the same time, to cancel the additional contributions due to the LM fields. We argue that the extra degrees of freedom in the standard LM formalism, coming from the LM fields, should cancel against the degrees of freedom of the ghost fields. Hence, in the field redefinition invariant formalism the doubling of degrees of freedom, associated with the LM fields, is absent.
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spellingShingle Field redefinition invariant Lagrange multiplier formalism
Brandt, F. T.
Martins-Filho, S.
High Energy Physics - Theory
In this paper, we propose a field redefinition invariant Lagrange multiplier (LM) formalism in which new ghost-like fields, analogous to Lee-Yang ghosts, are introduced. These ghost fields are required to restore the field redefinition invariance of the standard path integral of the LM theory and, at the same time, to cancel the additional contributions due to the LM fields. We argue that the extra degrees of freedom in the standard LM formalism, coming from the LM fields, should cancel against the degrees of freedom of the ghost fields. Hence, in the field redefinition invariant formalism the doubling of degrees of freedom, associated with the LM fields, is absent.
title Field redefinition invariant Lagrange multiplier formalism
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.05629