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  Identify a field as derivative of another

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In the paper https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.5344, the authors identified the chiral algebra of a free vector multiplet, given by a $(b,c)$ system. In doing so, they, in eq (3.41), identify the gauginos $\tilde \lambda(z) \sim b(z)$, $\lambda(z) \equiv \partial c(z)$, and they do so because the OPEs look the same.

But is there other argument to support this identification from a more "path-integral" point of view? Say, if I'm studying the correlation functions by computing the path integral, why on earth would I re-identify the fields in such a way? (I guess similar question can be asked for bosonization)

Is it legal to identify a field as the derivative of another? Naively, this will change drastically the kinetic term in the action, to say the least.


This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2017-05-24 17:15 (UTC), posted by SE-user Lelouch

asked May 14, 2017 in Theoretical Physics by Lelouch (20 points) [ revision history ]
edited May 24, 2017 by Dilaton

just a comment waiting an answer : I should rather ask the relevance of (3.32) here* and how to show rigorously that its diagram commutes. Else claiming abstract identifications through pushforward/pullback analyses is common.

* here verbatim = where the top row represents multiplication in the ring of Schur operators, the bottom row represents creation/annihilation normal ordered products of chiral vertex operators, and the vertical arrows represent the identication of a Schur operator with its meromorphic counterpart in the chiral algebra.

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