Partially embedding of the quantum mechanical analog of the nonlinear sigma model

1999/10/20 by R. Amorim, Rivadávio Fernandes Batista de Amorim, J. Barcelos-Neto +5
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Photonic and Optical Devices #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9910162

9 pages, Revtex (multicol), revised and enlarged version

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Abstract

We consider the quantum mechanical analog of the nonlinear sigma model. There are difficulties to completely embed this theory by directly using the Batalin, Fradkin, Fradkina, and Tyutin (BFFT) formalism. We show in this paper how the BFFT method can be conveniently adapted in order to achieve a gauge theory that partially embeds the model.

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