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On a quantization of deformed reducible gauge theories

A. A. Averianov , A. O. Barvinsky , I. L. Buchbinder , V. A. Krykhtin , D. V. Nesterov

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keywords reducible gauge theoriesStueckelberg proceduregauge invariance restorationAbelian gauge theoriesquantizationone-loop effective actionAdS spacefermionic tensor fields

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Stueckelberg procedure converts deformed Abelian reducible gauge theories into exactly gauge-invariant ones.

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The paper shows that Abelian gauge theories whose gauge symmetry is broken by mass or interaction terms can have that symmetry restored by a Stueckelberg-type procedure. Once restored, the theories admit quantization in terms of a functional integral that includes the full set of ghost fields required by first- and second-stage reducibility. Suitable gauge fixing reduces the problem to minimal wave operators that can be handled by the covariant Schwinger-DeWitt method. The same construction is applied to massive fermionic totally antisymmetric tensor fields in AdS space, where the one-loop effective action emerges as a product of functional determinants of Dirac-type operators in several dimensions.

Core claim

A general reducible gauge theory deformed by mass or interaction terms that violate gauge invariance is considered. In the Abelian case the Stueckelberg-type procedure converts the theory with broken symmetry into an exactly gauge-invariant theory. Under a suitable choice of gauge conditions this theory is treated within the formalism of minimal wave operators manageable by the covariant Schwinger-DeWitt technique. Quantization is carried out for generators of gauge transformations of the first and second stages of reducibility, and the partition function is derived as a functional integral containing all corresponding ghost fields. The method is applied to massive fermionic totally antisym

What carries the argument

Stueckelberg-type procedure that restores exact gauge invariance to deformed Abelian reducible theories, allowing reduction to minimal wave operators.

If this is right

The partition function is obtained as a functional integral that includes the complete set of ghost fields for first- and second-stage reducibility.
One-loop effective actions for the tensor-field models are expressed as functional determinants of special Dirac-type operators.
The construction works for the models in AdS space and in various spacetime dimensions.
The restored gauge-invariant theory can be handled by the covariant Schwinger-DeWitt technique.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The same restoration and quantization steps could be tested on bosonic versions of the tensor fields to compare the resulting determinants.
Explicit evaluation of the determinants in four and six dimensions would give concrete one-loop corrections that can be checked against known flat-space limits.
If the Abelian restriction can be relaxed, the procedure might supply a template for quantizing mildly non-Abelian deformations.

Load-bearing premise

The Stueckelberg-type procedure exactly restores gauge invariance for general first- and second-stage reducible Abelian theories deformed by mass or interaction terms, and suitable gauge conditions exist that reduce the problem to minimal wave operators without new inconsistencies.

What would settle it

A direct check that, after Stueckelberg restoration, the gauge-fixed action for a known test case such as the massive vector field still requires non-minimal operators or yields a partition function whose degrees of freedom do not match the physical count.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.22466 by A. A. Averianov, A. O. Barvinsky, D. V. Nesterov, I. L. Buchbinder, V. A. Krykhtin.

**Figure 1.** Figure 1: Diagram of reducibility 4.3 Faddeev-Popov determinant and the functional integral In order to compute the Faddeev-Popov determinant we substitute expressions (4.18), (4.28) and (4.29) into the integral (4.3) and perform the transformation analogous to (3.11): ∆−1 Det(𝑍¯(2)𝑎2 𝑎1 𝜔¯ 𝑎1 𝑏2 ) Det(𝐹′′) Det(𝐹′) Det(𝑍˜(2)𝑎2 𝑎1 𝜎 ′𝑎1 𝑏2 ) = = ∫︁ D𝑓D𝑔D𝑐¯1D𝑐D𝑐˜1 𝛿[𝜔 𝑎1 𝛼 𝑓 𝛼 + 𝜎 ′𝑎1 𝑎2 𝑐¯1 𝑎2 ] 𝛿[𝜔 ′𝑎2 𝑎1 𝑔 𝑎1 ] 𝛿[𝜒… view at source ↗

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We consider a general reducible gauge theory deformed by mass or/and interaction terms violating gauge invariance. It is shown that in the Abelian case, by using the Stueckelberg-type procedure, this theory with broken gauge symmetry can be converted into exactly gauge-invariant theory which under a suitable choice of gauge conditions can be treated within the formalism of minimal wave operators manageable by the covariant Schwinger-DeWitt technique. We carry out quantization of such a theory in general terms when the initial generators of gauge transformations are of the first and second stages of reducibility and derive its partition function in terms of the functional integral with all corresponding ghost fields. This method is applied to quantization of massive fermionic totally antisymmetric tensor field models in $AdS$ space. One-loop quantum effective action for these models is derived in the form of the functional determinants of special Dirac-type differential operators in various dimensions.

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The paper works out a Stueckelberg restoration and ghost structure for first- and second-stage reducible Abelian theories, then applies it to massive fermionic tensors in AdS to produce explicit one-loop determinants.

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The main thing to know is that the authors restore exact gauge invariance in mass-deformed reducible Abelian theories via Stueckelberg auxiliaries, quantize them with the full ghost tower, and obtain one-loop effective actions for totally antisymmetric fermionic tensors in AdS as determinants of Dirac-type operators in several dimensions. This is presented in general terms for both first- and second-stage reducibility before the concrete application.

Referee Report

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Summary. The paper claims that Abelian reducible gauge theories deformed by mass or interaction terms breaking gauge invariance can be restored to exact gauge invariance via a Stueckelberg-type procedure. For generators of first and second stages of reducibility, the restored theory is quantized using functional integrals over fields and ghosts, yielding an explicit partition function. The method is applied to massive fermionic totally antisymmetric tensor fields in AdS space, producing one-loop effective actions as functional determinants of Dirac-type operators in various dimensions.

Significance. If the central derivations hold, the work supplies a covariant quantization framework for deformed reducible Abelian theories that extends standard techniques like the Schwinger-DeWitt method to models of interest in AdS backgrounds. The general expression for the partition function and the concrete determinant forms for the fermionic tensor models constitute a useful technical contribution.

major comments (1)

[General quantization procedure for first- and second-stage reducibility] The core assertion that the Stueckelberg procedure restores exact gauge invariance for second-stage reducible Abelian theories (while preserving the full reducibility structure) is load-bearing for the subsequent reduction to minimal wave operators. No explicit verification is provided that the restored gauge transformations close off-shell or that the quadratic action remains free of non-minimal terms after gauge fixing; without this, the applicability of the covariant Schwinger-DeWitt technique to genuine second-stage examples is not secured.

minor comments (2)

The abstract would benefit from a brief statement of the spacetime dimension(s) in which the AdS models are treated.
[Derivation of the partition function] Notation for the ghost fields and reducibility parameters could be introduced more explicitly when first presenting the partition function.

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and for the constructive major comment. We address the point below and will revise the text to incorporate an explicit verification as requested.

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Referee: The core assertion that the Stueckelberg procedure restores exact gauge invariance for second-stage reducible Abelian theories (while preserving the full reducibility structure) is load-bearing for the subsequent reduction to minimal wave operators. No explicit verification is provided that the restored gauge transformations close off-shell or that the quadratic action remains free of non-minimal terms after gauge fixing; without this, the applicability of the covariant Schwinger-DeWitt technique to genuine second-stage examples is not secured.

Authors: We agree that an explicit verification strengthens the presentation. In the general construction of Sections 2–3 the Stueckelberg fields are introduced so that the deformed action is rendered exactly invariant while the original reducibility relations are preserved by construction. Because the underlying gauge algebra is Abelian, the commutator of any two restored gauge transformations vanishes identically, which guarantees off-shell closure. The subsequent gauge fixing is chosen precisely so that the quadratic operator becomes minimal; this is already visible in the explicit fermionic-tensor examples. Nevertheless, to meet the referee’s request we will add, in the revised version, a short dedicated paragraph that writes out the restored transformations for the second-stage case, verifies their off-shell closure, and confirms that the gauge-fixed quadratic form contains no non-minimal terms, thereby securing the applicability of the Schwinger–DeWitt technique. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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Standard Stueckelberg restoration and BRST quantization with independent derivation of determinants; no load-bearing self-references or fitted predictions.

full rationale

The derivation begins with the standard Stueckelberg auxiliary-field procedure to restore exact Abelian gauge invariance for first- and second-stage reducible theories, then applies the conventional minimal-wave-operator formalism and Schwinger-DeWitt technique to obtain the partition function and one-loop effective action. These steps rely on established QFT tools rather than re-deriving them from the deformation parameters. The final determinants for the AdS fermionic tensor models are obtained by direct operator construction and are not forced by any prior fit or self-citation chain. A low score of 2 accounts for possible routine self-citations to the authors' earlier gauge-theory work, but these are not load-bearing for the central claims.

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The central claims rest on the applicability of the Stueckelberg procedure to restore invariance exactly and the existence of gauge conditions compatible with minimal operators; these are domain assumptions in gauge QFT rather than new postulates.

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domain assumption Stueckelberg-type procedure converts broken gauge symmetry to exact invariance for Abelian reducible theories
Invoked to enable the subsequent quantization step.
domain assumption Suitable gauge fixing reduces the theory to minimal wave operators treatable by Schwinger-DeWitt technique
Required for deriving the functional determinants.

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