On the WKB quantum equivalence between diverse p -brane actions

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/17/16/101MaRDI QIDQ4523586zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stefano Ansoldi, C. Castro, Euro Spallucci

Publication date 14 January 2001

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0005132

zbMATH Keywords

bosonicclosedFaddeev-Popov proceduremaximal rank gauge \(p\)-formNambu-Goto/Howe-Tucker modelpath integral

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Unified, higher-dimensional and super field theories (83E99)

Abstract: We consider an action for a closed, bosonic, p-brane, where the brane tension is not an assigned parameter but rather it is induced by a maximal rank gauge p-form. This model is classically equivalent to the Nambu--Goto/Howe-Tucker model. We investigate how this classical equivalence can be implemented in the path integral framework. For this purpose we adopt a ``first order integration procedure over gauge p-forms and a ``shortened Fadeev-Popov procedure.

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