Hidden BRS invariance in classical mechanics
Abstract
We give in this paper a path integral formulation of classical mechanics. We do so by writing down the associated classical-generating functional. This functional exhibits an unexpected BRS-like and antiBRS-like invariance. This invariance allows for a simple expression, in term of superfields, of this generating functional. Associated to the BRS and antiBRS charges there is also a ghost charge whose conservation turns out to be nothing else than the wel-known Liouville theorem of classical mechanics.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters B
- Pub Date:
- February 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0370-2693(88)90611-9
- Bibcode:
- 1988PhLB..201..525G