The quantization of the relativistic string

DOI10.1007/BF00760101MaRDI QIDQ5895490zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Donald C. Salisbury

Publication date 1984

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00760101

zbMATH Keywords

gauge conditionsHamiltonian dynamicsquantizationrelativistic string

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Geometric quantization (53D50) General quantum mechanics and problems of quantization (81S99) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20)

Review text

The paper proposes an alternative quantization of the relativistic string. It starts with an extensive presentation of the Hamiltonian dynamics of the open and closed strings and its different reparametrizations and gauge conditions. Then it proceeds with the quantization of the open string with emphasis on the construction of its quantum states. Rohrlich's Lorentz invariant gauge conditions on the physical states are employed, but they do not eliminate all gauge freedom. It is found that the center of mass coordinates of the string are not realized as operators on the physical Hilbert space; instead, they are used to reduce the remaining gauge freedom. Constraints and gauge conditions are treated symmetrically and the constructed string states are annihilated by both. String interactions are not considered.

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