On the variational principle in the unfolded dynamics

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2022.136882MaRDI QIDQ2071669zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. A. Tarusov, M. A. Vasiliev

Publication date 28 January 2022

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.12691

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45) Shells (74K25) Model quantum field theories (81T10)

Abstract: The interplay between off-shell and on-shell unfolded systems is analysed. The formulation of invariant constraints that put an off-shell system on shell is developed by adding new variables and derivation in the target space, that extends the original $Q$-derivation of the unfolded system to a bicomplex. The analogue of the Euler-Lagrange equations in the unfolded dynamics is suggested. The general class of invariant on-shell equation constraints is defined in cohomological terms. The necessary and sufficient condition for the on-shell equation constraints being Euler-Lagrange for some Lagrangian system is proven. The proposed construction is illustrated by the scalar field example.

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