Exploring the second class constraint quantization approach proposed by Batalin and Marnelius

2002/01/14 by Michael Chesterman, Chesterman, Michael
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0201088

20 pages, no figures

arxiv created 2002/01/14 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

I extend upon the paper by Batalin and Marnelius, in which they show how to construct and quantize a gauge theory from a Hamiltonian system with second class constraints. Among the avenues explored, their technique is analyzed in relation to other well-known methods of quantization and a bracket is defined, such that the operator formalism can be fully developed. I also extend to systems with mixed class constraints and look at some simple examples.

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