Gauge fixing in extended phase space and path integral quantization of systems with second class constraints

1993 ◽  
Vol 305 (4) ◽  
pp. 348-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Restuccia ◽  
J. Stephany
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Extended Phase Space ◽  
Extended Phase ◽  
Path Integral Quantization ◽  
Gauge Fixing

Remarks on the linking theory of shape dynamics

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (06) ◽  
pp. 1850098
Author(s):  
P. P. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Vector Bundle ◽  
Short Note ◽  
Extended Phase Space ◽  
Geometric Structures ◽  
Extended Phase ◽  
Shape Dynamics ◽  
Canonical Gravity ◽  
Alternative Description ◽  
Gauge Fixing

This short note is an attempt to bring out the geometric structures in the linking theory of shape dynamics. Symplectic induction is applied to give a natural construction of the extended phase space used in the linking theory as a trivial vector bundle over the original phase space for canonical gravity. The geometry of the gauge fixing for shape dynamics is analyzed with the assistance of the Lichnerowicz–York equation lifted to the extended phase space. An alternative description is provided to show how the same geometry simply derives from symplectic induction.

Path integral for (2+1)-dimensional Shape Dynamics

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 1550057
Author(s):  
A. González ◽  
H. Ocampo
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
York Time ◽  
Path Integral Quantization ◽  
Shape Dynamics ◽  
Gauge Fixing ◽  
Dimensional Shape

We studied the path integral quantization for the Shape Dynamics formulation of General Relativity in the 2+1 torus universe. We show that the Shape Dynamics path integral on the reduced phase space is equivalent with the previous results obtained for the ADM 2+1 gravity and we found that the Shape Dynamics Hamiltonian allows us to establish a straightforward relation between reduced systems in the (τ, V)-form and the τ-form through the York time gauge fixing.

scholarly journals On the BRST Quantization of the Massless Bosonic Particle in Twistor-Like Formulation

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 3259-3273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Bandos ◽  
Alexey Maznytsia ◽  
Igor Rudychev ◽  
Dmitri Sorokin
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical System ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Brst Quantization ◽  
Extended Phase Space ◽  
Particle Path ◽  
Extended Phase ◽  
Conversion Procedure ◽  
Particle Propagator ◽  
Hamiltonian Analysis

We study some features of bosonic-particle path-integral quantization in a twistor-like approach by the use of the BRST–BFV-quantization prescription. In the course of the Hamiltonian analysis we observe links between various formulations of the twistor-like particle by performing a conversion of the Hamiltonian constraints of one formulation to another. A particular feature of the conversion procedure applied to turn the second-class constraints into first-class constraints is that the simplest Lorentz-covariant way to do this is to convert a full mixed set of the initial first- and second-class constraints rather than explicitly extracting and converting only the second-class constraints. Another novel feature of the conversion procedure applied below is that in the case of the D = 4 and D = 6 twistor-like particle the number of new auxiliary Lorentz-covariant coordinates, which one introduces to get a system of first-class constraints in an extended phase space, exceeds the number of independent second-class constraints of the original dynamical system. We calculate the twistor-like particle propagator in D = 3,4,6 space–time dimensions and show that it coincides with that of a conventional massless bosonic particle.

scholarly journals Chiral Schwinger model with Faddeevian anomaly and its BRST quantization

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjib Ghosal ◽  
Anisur Rahaman
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Brst Quantization ◽  
Hamiltonian Formulation ◽  
Extended Phase Space ◽  
Extended Phase ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Schwinger Model ◽  
Gauge Fixing

Abstract We consider chiral Schwinger model with Faddeevian anomaly, and carry out the quantization of both the gauge-invariant and non-invariant version of this model has been. Theoretical spectra of this model have been determined both in the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation and a necessary correlation between these two are made. BRST quantization using BFV formalism has been executed which shows spontaneous appearance of Wess–Zumino term during the process of quantization. The gauge invariant version of this model in the extended phase space is found to map onto the physical phase space with the appropriate gauge fixing condition.

Shape Dynamics and the Linking Theory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavio Mercati
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Line Element ◽  
Hamiltonian Formulation ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Extended Phase Space ◽  
Extended Phase ◽  
Problem Of Time ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Matter Fields

This chapter explains in detail the current Hamiltonian formulation of SD, and the concept of Linking Theory of which (GR) and SD are two complementary gauge-fixings. The physical degrees of freedom of SD are identified, the simple way in which it solves the problem of time and the problem of observables in quantum gravity are explained, and the solution to the problem of constructing a spacetime slab from a solution of SD (and the related definition of physical rods and clocks) is described. Furthermore, the canonical way of coupling matter to SD is introduced, together with the operational definition of four-dimensional line element as an effective background for matter fields. The chapter concludes with two ‘structural’ results obtained in the attempt of finding a construction principle for SD: the concept of ‘symmetry doubling’, related to the BRST formulation of the theory, and the idea of ‘conformogeometrodynamics regained’, that is, to derive the theory as the unique one in the extended phase space of GR that realizes the symmetry doubling idea.

TRANSITION STATE THEORY IN EXTENDED PHASE SPACE

1993 ◽  
Vol 07 (19) ◽  
pp. 1263-1268
Author(s):  
H. DEKKER ◽  
A. MAASSEN VAN DEN BRINK
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Transition State Theory ◽  
Unstable Mode ◽  
Planck Equation ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Extended Phase Space ◽  
Extended Phase ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Rate Processes ◽  
Mode Energy

Turnover theory (of the escape Γ) à la Grabert will be based solely on Kramers' Fokker–Planck equation for activated rate processes. No recourse to a microscope model or Langevin dynamics will be made. Apart from the unstable mode energy E, the analysis requires new theoretical concepts such as a constrained Gaussian transformation (CGT) and dynamically extended phase space (EPS).

LIGHT-FRONT HAMILTONIAN AND PATH INTEGRAL QUANTIZATION OF VECTOR SCHWINGER MODEL WITH A PHOTON MASS TERM

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (27) ◽  
pp. 1250157 ◽  
Author(s):  
USHA KULSHRESHTHA
Keyword(s):  
Path Integral ◽  
Light Cone ◽  
Mass Term ◽  
Light Front ◽  
Light Cone Gauge ◽  
Schwinger Model ◽  
Path Integral Quantization ◽  
New Class ◽  
Gauge Fixing ◽  
Form Theory

Vector Schwinger model with a mass term for the photon, describing 2D electrodynamics with massless fermions, studied by us recently [U. Kulshreshtha, Mod. Phys. Lett. A22, 2993 (2007); U. Kulshreshtha and D. S. Kulshreshtha, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A22, 6183 (2007); U. Kulshreshtha, PoS LC2008, 008 (2008)], represents a new class of models. This theory becomes gauge-invariant when studied on the light-front. This is in contrast to the instant-form theory which is gauge-non-invariant. In this work, we study the light-front Hamiltonian and path integral quantization of this theory under appropriate light-cone gauge-fixing. The discretized light-cone quantization of the theory where we wish to make contact with the experimentally observational aspects of the theory would be presented in a separate paper.

scholarly journals Reality of the Wigner Functions and Quantization

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadollah Nasiri ◽  
Samira Bahrami
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Quantum Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Extended Phase Space ◽  
Extended Phase ◽  
Reality Condition ◽  
Energy Quantization ◽  
Extended Action ◽  
Space Formulation ◽  
Quantum Statistical

Here we use the extended phase space formulation of quantum statistical mechanics proposed in an earlier work to define an extended lagrangian for Wigner's functions (WFs). The extended action defined by this lagrangian is a function of ordinary phase space variables. The reality condition of WFs is employed to quantize the extended action. The energy quantization is obtained as a direct consequence of the quantized action. The technique is applied to find the energy states of harmonic oscillator, particle in the box, and hydrogen atom as the illustrative examples.

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