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A topological characterization of classical BRST cohomology

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The recent identification of classical BRST cohomology with the “vertical cohomology” of a certain fibration is used to compute it in terms of the classical observables and the topology of the gauge orbits. When the gauge orbits are compact and orientable, a duality theorem is exhibited.

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  1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794-3840, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    José M. Figueroa-O'Farrill

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Communicated by L. Alvarez-Gaumé

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Figueroa-O'Farrill, J.M. A topological characterization of classical BRST cohomology. Commun.Math. Phys. 127, 181–186 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02096500

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