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Main Authors: Barvinsky, A. O., Buchbinder, I. L., Krykhtin, V. A., Nesterov, D. V.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09312
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author Barvinsky, A. O.
Buchbinder, I. L.
Krykhtin, V. A.
Nesterov, D. V.
author_facet Barvinsky, A. O.
Buchbinder, I. L.
Krykhtin, V. A.
Nesterov, D. V.
contents We develop the method adjusting the Faddeev-Popov factorization procedure for the quantization of generic reducible gauge theories with linearly dependent generators and apply it to the first stage reducible model of second rank antisymmetric fermion in d-dimensional AdS spacetime. The method consists in nested factorizations of the gauge group volume for the determination of the consistently defined delta function of reduced gauge conditions, group integration measure and gauge-fixed contribution of ghosts. It is compared to the Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) formalism of quantizing theories with linearly dependent generators and shown to be equivalent to it for first stage reducible theories. Nevertheless, the method under consideration, unlike the BV formalism, from the very beginning leads to the functional integral with fewer number of ghosts. Using this method we quantized the variant of fermionic totally antisymmetric tensor-spinor theory in AdS space and derived its effective action in terms of the functional determinants of special Dirac-type operators. Limitations of the method are also discussed along with the prospects of its extension to higher reducibility stages and higher rank models of antisymmetric fermions.
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spellingShingle Adjustment of Faddeev-Popov quantization to reducible gauge theories: antisymmetric tensor fermion in $AdS_d$ space
Barvinsky, A. O.
Buchbinder, I. L.
Krykhtin, V. A.
Nesterov, D. V.
High Energy Physics - Theory
We develop the method adjusting the Faddeev-Popov factorization procedure for the quantization of generic reducible gauge theories with linearly dependent generators and apply it to the first stage reducible model of second rank antisymmetric fermion in d-dimensional AdS spacetime. The method consists in nested factorizations of the gauge group volume for the determination of the consistently defined delta function of reduced gauge conditions, group integration measure and gauge-fixed contribution of ghosts. It is compared to the Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) formalism of quantizing theories with linearly dependent generators and shown to be equivalent to it for first stage reducible theories. Nevertheless, the method under consideration, unlike the BV formalism, from the very beginning leads to the functional integral with fewer number of ghosts. Using this method we quantized the variant of fermionic totally antisymmetric tensor-spinor theory in AdS space and derived its effective action in terms of the functional determinants of special Dirac-type operators. Limitations of the method are also discussed along with the prospects of its extension to higher reducibility stages and higher rank models of antisymmetric fermions.
title Adjustment of Faddeev-Popov quantization to reducible gauge theories: antisymmetric tensor fermion in $AdS_d$ space
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09312