A first class constraint generates not a gauge transformation, but a bad physical change: The case of electromagnetism
Publication:527639
DOI10.1016/j.aop.2014.08.014zbMath1360.70030arXiv1310.2756OpenAlexW2056939668MaRDI QIDQ527639
Publication date: 12 May 2017
Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.2756
observablescanonical quantizationfirst-class constraintsHamiltonian methodsDirac-Bergmann constrained dynamicsGauge transformations
Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05)
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