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Field-Dependent BRST-antiBRST Lagrangian Transformations

We continue our study of finite BRST-antiBRST transformations for general gauge theories in Lagrangian formalism, initiated in [arXiv:1405.0790[hep-th] and arXiv:1406.0179[hep-th]], with a doublet $λ_{a}$, $a=1,2$, of anticommuting Grassmann parameters and prove the correctness of the explicit Jacobian in the partition function announced in [arXiv:1406.0179[hep-th]], which corresponds to a change of variables with functionally-dependent parameters $λ_{a}=U_{a}Λ$ induced by a finite Bosonic functional $Λ(ϕ,π,λ)$ and by the anticommuting generators $U_{a}$ of BRST-antiBRST transformations in the space of fields $ϕ$ and auxiliary variables $π^{a},λ$. We obtain a Ward identity depending on the field-dependent parameters $λ_{a}$ and study the problem of gauge dependence, including the case of Yang--Mills theories. We examine a formulation with BRST-antiBRST symmetry breaking terms, additively introduced to the quantum action constructed by the Sp(2)-covariant Lagrangian rules, obtain the Ward identity and investigate the gauge-independence of the corresponding generating functional of Green's functions. A formulation with BRST symmetry breaking terms is developed. It is argued that the gauge independence of the above generating functionals is fulfilled in the BRST and BRST-antiBRST settings. These concepts are applied to the average effective action in Yang--Mills theories within the functional renormalization group approach.