Twistor formulation of a massive particle with rigidity

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2018.05.016zbMATH Open1391.81212arXiv1707.04713OpenAlexW2738299303MaRDI QIDQ721650FDOQ721650

Authors: Shinichi Deguchi, Takafumi Suzuki 

Publication date: 19 July 2018

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

Abstract: A massive rigid particle model in $(3+1)$ dimensions is reformulated in terms of twistors. Beginning with a first-order Lagrangian, we establish a twistor representation of the Lagrangian for a massive particle with rigidity. The twistorial Lagrangian derived in this way remains invariant under a local $U(1)imesU(1)$ transformation of the twistor and other relevant variables. Considering this fact, we carry out a partial gauge-fixing so as to make our analysis simple and clear. We develop the canonical Hamiltonian formalism based on the gauge-fixed Lagrangian and perform the canonical quantization procedure of the Hamiltonian system. Also, we obtain an arbitrary-rank massive spinor field in $(3+1)$ dimensions via the Penrose transform of a twistor function defined in the quantization procedure. Then we prove, in a twistorial fashion, that the spin quantum number of a massive particle with rigidity can take only non-negative integer values, which result is in agreement with the one shown earlier by Plyushchay. Interestingly, the mass of the spinor field is determined depending on the spin quantum number.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.04713

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Hamilton's equations (70H05) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40)

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