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Construction of a Massive ABJM Theory Without Higgs Superfields
A massive Aharony-Bergman-Jafferis-Maldacena (ABJM) model in
superspace is analysed by considering a Proca type mass term into the most
general Faddeev-Popov action in a covariant gauge. The presence of mass term
breaks the original BRST and anti-BRST invariance of the model. Further, the
symmetry of the massive ABJM model is restored by extending the BRST and
anti-BRST transformations. We show that the supergauge dependence of generating
functional for connected diagrams occurs in presence of mass and
ghost-anti-ghost condensates in the theory.Comment: 9 pages, no figur
N=1 super-Chern-Simons theory in Batalin-Vilkovisky formulation
We analyse the Abelian super-Chern-Simons model coupled to
parity-preserving matter in linear and non-linear gauges with exact BRST
invariance. Then we analyse the theory in field/antifield formulation to
discuss the model at quantum level. Furthermore, we implement the
field/antifield dependent transformation parameter to generalize the BRST
symmetry of the theory. The novelty of field/antifield dependent BRST
transformation is that under change of variable the Jacobian of the functional
integral extends the quantum action from linear gauge to non-linear gauge. The
results are established in full generality.Comment: 7 pages, no figure, Version to appear in EP
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