Hamiltonian embedding of the massive Yang-Mills theory and the generalized Stückelberg formalism

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Abstract: Using the general notions of Batalin, Fradkin, Fradkina and Tyutin to convert second class systems into first class ones, we present a gauge invariant formulation of the massive Yang-Mills theory by embedding it in an extended phase space. The infinite set of correction terms necessary for obtaining the involutive constraints and Hamiltonian is explicitly computed and expressed in a closed form. It is also shown that the extra fields introduced in the correction terms are exactly identified with the auxiliary scalars used in the generalized St"uckelberg formalism for converting a gauge noninvariant Lagrangian into a gauge invariant form.









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