scholarly journals UNDERLYING GAUGE SYMMETRIES OF SECOND-CLASS CONSTRAINTS SYSTEMS

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (04) ◽  
pp. 787-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. I. KRIVORUCHENKO ◽  
AMAND FAESSLER ◽  
A. A. RADUTA ◽  
C. FUCHS
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Sigma Model ◽  
Dimensional Sphere ◽  
Wigner Functions ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Gauge Symmetries ◽  
Concrete Form ◽  
Gauge Fixing ◽  
General Velocity ◽  
Original Configuration

Gauge-invariant systems in unconstrained configuration and phase spaces, equivalent to second-class constraints systems upon a gauge-fixing, are discussed. A mathematical pendulum on an (n-1)-dimensional sphere Sn-1 as an example of a mechanical second-class constraints system and the O(n) nonlinear sigma model as an example of a field theory under second-class constraints are discussed in details and quantized using the existence of underlying dilatation gauge symmetry and by solving the constraint equations explicitly. The underlying gauge symmetries involve, in general, velocity dependent gauge transformations and new auxiliary variables in extended configuration space. Systems under second-class holonomic constraints have gauge-invariant counterparts within original configuration and phase spaces. The Dirac's supplementary conditions for wave functions of first-class constraints systems are formulated in terms of the Wigner functions which admit, as we show, a broad set of physically equivalent supplementary conditions. Their concrete form depends on the manner the Wigner functions are extrapolated from the constraint submanifolds into the whole phase space.

EVALUATION OF THE GRAVITON TWO-POINT FUNCTION IN DE SITTER SPACE

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (18n19) ◽  
pp. 3749-3764 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. DEHGHANI
Keyword(s):  
Field Equation ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Ambient Space ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Point Function ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Gauge Fixing ◽  
Rank 2 ◽  
Casimir Operators

After a brief review of the linearized gravity in de Sitter (dS) four-dimensional space and ambient flat five-dimensional notations, the linearized field equation is written in terms of the Casimir operators of dS group. It is shown that the field equation is gauge invariant under some special gauge transformations. Because of this gauge freedom, a gauge-fixing parameter c is inserted in the field equation. It is shown that the solution to the field equation can be written as the multiplication of a generalized symmetric rank-2 polarization tensor and a massless minimally coupled scalar field in ambient space notations. The graviton two-point function has been thoroughly calculated, which is dS-invariant and free of any divergences. This two-point function has been expressed in terms of the intrinsic dS coordinates, from its ambient space counterpart, which is clearly dS-invariant and free of any divergences again.

scholarly journals BRST analysis and BFV quantization of the generalized quantum rigid rotor

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150116
Author(s):  
Ronaldo Thibes
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Sigma Model ◽  
Brst Symmetry ◽  
Symmetry Analysis ◽  
Nonlinear Sigma Model ◽  
Canonical Structure ◽  
Rigid Rotor ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Gauge Fixing ◽  
Functional Quantization

We identify a strong similarity among several distinct originally second-class systems, including both mechanical and field theory models, which can be naturally described in a gauge-invariant way. The canonical structure of such related systems is encoded into a gauge-invariant generalization of the quantum rigid rotor. We perform the BRST symmetry analysis and the BFV functional quantization for the mentioned gauge-invariant version of the generalized quantum rigid rotor. We obtain different equivalent effective actions according to specific gauge-fixing choices, showing explicitly their BRST symmetries. We apply and exemplify the ideas discussed to two particular models, namely, motion along an elliptical path and the [Formula: see text] nonlinear sigma model, showing that our results reproduce and connect previously unrelated known gauge-invariant systems.

scholarly journals AdS superprojectors

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. I. Buchbinder ◽  
D. Hutchings ◽  
S. M. Kuzenko ◽  
M. Ponds
Keyword(s):  
Shell Model ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Projection Operators ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Higher Spin

Abstract Within the framework of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 anti-de Sitter (AdS) supersymmetry in four dimensions, we derive superspin projection operators (or superprojectors). For a tensor superfield $$ {\mathfrak{V}}_{\alpha (m)\overset{\cdot }{\alpha }(n)}:= {\mathfrak{V}}_{\left(\alpha 1\dots \alpha m\right)\left({\overset{\cdot }{\alpha}}_1\dots {\overset{\cdot }{\alpha}}_n\right)} $$ V α m α ⋅ n ≔ V α 1 … αm α ⋅ 1 … α ⋅ n on AdS superspace, with m and n non-negative integers, the corresponding superprojector turns $$ {\mathfrak{V}}_{\alpha (m)\overset{\cdot }{\alpha }(n)} $$ V α m α ⋅ n into a multiplet with the properties of a conserved conformal supercurrent. It is demonstrated that the poles of such superprojectors correspond to (partially) massless multiplets, and the associated gauge transformations are derived. We give a systematic discussion of how to realise the unitary and the partially massless representations of the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 AdS4 superalgebra $$ \mathfrak{osp} $$ osp (1|4) in terms of on-shell superfields. As an example, we present an off-shell model for the massive gravitino multiplet in AdS4. We also prove that the gauge-invariant actions for superconformal higher-spin multiplets factorise into products of minimal second-order differential operators.

scholarly journals LOOP VARIABLES AND GAUGE-INVARIANT INTERACTIONS — II

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1679-1701 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. SATHIAPALAN
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Gauge Transformation ◽  
Dimensional Reduction ◽  
Mass Shell ◽  
Bosonic String ◽  
Higher Dimension ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Variable Approach

We continue the discussion of our previous paper on writing down gauge-invariant interacting equations for a bosonic string using the loop variable approach. In the earlier paper the equations were written down in one higher dimension where the fields are massless. In this paper we describe a procedure for dimensional reduction that gives interacting equations for fields with the same spectrum as in bosonic string theory. We also argue that the on-shell scattering amplitudes implied by these equations for the physical modes are the same as for the bosonic string. We check this explicitly for some of the simpler equations. The gauge transformation of space–time fields induced by gauge transformations of the loop variables are discussed in some detail. The unintegrated (i.e. before the Koba–Nielsen integration), regularized version of the equations, are gauge invariant off-shell (i.e. off the free mass shell).

CONSISTENT CANONICAL QUANTIZATION OF THE CHIRAL SCHWINGER MODEL

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (21) ◽  
pp. 3823-3841 ◽  
Author(s):  
FUAD M. SARADZHEV
Keyword(s):  
Canonical Quantization ◽  
Bound State ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Schwinger Model ◽  
Canonical Variables ◽  
Bound State Spectrum

For the chiral Schwinger model, the canonical quantization formulation consistent with the Gauss law constraint is developed. This requires modification of the canonical variables of the model. The formulation presented is unitary and gauge-invariant under modified gauge transformations. The bound state spectrum of the model is established.

scholarly journals ON THE QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS OF A MASSIVE VECTOR FIELD IN THE ADJOINT REPRESENTATION

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (14) ◽  
pp. 1350054 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALFONSO R. ZERWEKH
Keyword(s):  
Vector Field ◽  
Quantum Chromodynamics ◽  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Discrete Symmetry ◽  
Adjoint Representation ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Gauge Symmetries ◽  
Gauge Fixing ◽  
Definition Of

In this paper, we explore the possibility of constructing the quantum chromodynamics of a massive color-octet vector field without introducing higher structures like extended gauge symmetries, extra dimensions or scalar fields. We show that gauge invariance is not enough to constraint the couplings. Nevertheless, the requirement of unitarity fixes the values of the coupling constants, which otherwise would be arbitrary. Additionally, it opens a new discrete symmetry which makes the coloron stable and avoid its resonant production at a collider. On the other hand, a judicious definition of the gauge fixing terms modifies the propagator of the massive field making it well-behaved in the ultraviolet limit. The relation between our model and the more general approach based on extended gauge symmetries is also discussed.

scholarly journals CANONICAL APPROACH TO 2D SUPERSYMMETRIC WZNW MODEL COUPLED TO SUPERGRAVITY

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (29) ◽  
pp. 1923-1936 ◽  
Author(s):  
OLIVERA MIŠKOVIĆ ◽  
BRANISLAV SAZDOVIĆ
Keyword(s):  
Energy Momentum Tensor ◽  
Momentum Tensor ◽  
Moody Algebra ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Local Gauge ◽  
Gauge Symmetries ◽  
Wznw Model ◽  
Canonical Approach ◽  
Explicit Expressions

Starting from the known representation of the Kac–Moody algebra in terms of the coordinates and momenta, we extend it to the representation of the super Kac–Moody and super Virasoro algebras. Then we use general canonical method to construct an action invariant under local gauge symmetries, where components of the super energy–momentum tensor L± and G± play the role of the diffeomorphisms and supersymmetry generators respectively. We obtain covariant extension of WZNW theory with respect to local supersymmetry as well as explicit expressions for gauge transformations.

COVARIANT AND NONCOVARIANT GAUGE TRANSFORMATIONS FOR THE CONFORMAL PARTICLE

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (19) ◽  
pp. 1747-1761 ◽  
Author(s):  
XAVIER GRÀCIA ◽  
JAUME ROCA
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Particle Model ◽  
Covariant Form ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Canonical Generator

A gauge-invariant conformal particle model is studied. Its Lagrangian gauge transformations are obtained in a covariant way using a kind of canonical generator. On the other hand, the Hamiltonian transformations cannot be written in a covariant form despite the covariance of the Hamiltonian constraints.

scholarly journals Superfield approach to nilpotent symmetries in 3D Jackiw–Pi model of massive non-Abelian theory

2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (9) ◽  
pp. 1033-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gupta ◽  
R. Kumar ◽  
R.P. Malik
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Brst Symmetry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Abelian Gauge ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Abelian Gauge Theory ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Symmetry Transformations ◽  
Augmented Superfield Formalism

In the available literature, only the Becchi–Rouet–Stora–Tyutin (BRST) symmetries are known for the Jackiw–Pi model of the three (2 + 1)-dimensional (3D) massive non-Abelian gauge theory. We derive the off-shell nilpotent [Formula: see text] and absolutely anticommuting (sbsab + sabsb = 0) (anti-)BRST transformations s(a)b corresponding to the usual Yang–Mills gauge transformations of this model by exploiting the “augmented” superfield formalism where the horizontality condition and gauge invariant restrictions blend together in a meaningful manner. There is a non-Yang–Mills (NYM) symmetry in this theory, too. However, we do not touch the NYM symmetry in our present endeavor. This superfield formalism leads to the derivation of an (anti-)BRST invariant Curci–Ferrari restriction, which plays a key role in the proof of absolute anticommutativity of s(a)b. The derivation of the proper anti-BRST symmetry transformations is important from the point of view of geometrical objects called gerbes. A novel feature of our present investigation is the derivation of the (anti-)BRST transformations for the auxiliary field ρ from our superfield formalism, which is neither generated by the (anti-)BRST charges nor obtained from the requirements of nilpotency and (or) absolute anticommutativity of the (anti-)BRST symmetries for our present 3D non-Abelian 1-form gauge theory.

scholarly journals TOPOLOGICALLY MASSIVE NON-ABELIAN THEORY: SUPERFIELD APPROACH

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (25) ◽  
pp. 4419-4450 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. KRISHNA ◽  
A. SHUKLA ◽  
R. P. MALIK
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Gauge Symmetry ◽  
Brst Symmetry ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Abelian Theory ◽  
Gauge Symmetries ◽  
Vector Gauge ◽  
Symmetry Transformations ◽  
Brst Invariance ◽  
Lagrangian Densities

We apply the well-established techniques of geometrical superfield approach to Becchi–Rouet–Stora–Tyutin (BRST) formalism in the context of four (3+1)-dimensional (4D) dynamical non-Abelian 2-form gauge theory by exploiting its inherent "scalar" and "vector" gauge symmetry transformations and derive the corresponding off-shell nilpotent and absolutely anticommuting BRST and anti-BRST symmetry transformations. Our approach leads to the derivation of three (anti-)BRST invariant Curci–Ferrari (CF)-type restrictions that are found to be responsible for the absolute anticommutativity of the BRST and anti-BRST symmetry transformations. We derive the coupled Lagrangian densities that respect the (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations corresponding to the "vector" gauge transformations. We also capture the (anti-)BRST invariance of the CF-type restrictions and coupled Lagrangian densities within the framework of our superfield approach. We obtain, furthermore, the off-shell nilpotent (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations when the (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations corresponding to the "scalar" and "vector" gauge symmetries are merged together. These off-shell nilpotent "merged" (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations are, however, found to be non-anticommuting in nature.

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