This conference celebrates 50 years of the BRST formalism, originally formulated by Becchi, Rouet, Stora and Tyutin, which, building on the earlier work of Faddeev–Popov, revealed fundamental algebraic structures underlying gauge-fixing in quantum field theories and provided a unified framework for understanding the consistency and renormalizability of non-abelian gauge theories. The conference will be held at the Arnold Sommerfeld Center of the University of Munich, March 23-27, 2026. The talks will cover modern aspects of the BRST formalism in mathematical physics and mathematics.
Confirmed speakers:
Laurent Baulieu Francesco Bonechi Alberto Cattaneo
Giovanni Canepa Tudor Dimofte Giovanni Felder
Domenico Fiorenza Ezra Getzler Marc Henneaux
Camillo Imbimbo Si Li Lionel Mason Pavel Mnëv
Ingmar Saberi Claudia Scheimbauer Pavol Ševera
Fridrich Valach Maxim Zabzine
Organizers: Ilka Brunner, Alberto Cattaneo, Ezra Getzler and Ivo Sachs