Extravariables in the BRST quantization of second-class constrained systems. Existence theorems

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(96)00153-8MaRDI QIDQ1913521zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Constantin Bizdadea, Solange Odile Saliu

Publication date 15 May 1996

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9511095

zbMATH Keywords

Lagrangian actionmassive Yang Mills theoryfirst class systemsmassive abelian three form gauge fieldsWess Zumino action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

Abstract: In this paper we show how the BRST quantization can be applied to systems possessing only second-class constraints through their conversion to some first-class ones starting with our method exposed in [Nucl.Phys. B456 (1995)473]. Thus, it is proved that i) for a certain class of second-class systems there exists a standard coupling between the variables of the original phase-space and some extravariables such that we can transform the original system into a one-parameter family of first-class systems; ii) the BRST quantization of this family in a standard gauge leads to the same path integral as that of the original system. The analysis is accomplished in both reducible and irreducible cases. In the same time, there is obtained the Lagrangian action of the first-class family and its provenience is clarified. In this context, the Wess-Zumino action is also derived. The results from the theoretical part of the paper are exemplified in detail for the massive Yang-Mills theory and for the massive abelian three-form gauge fields.

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