A BRST PRIMER
Oct, 198760 pages
Published in:
- Annals Phys. 183 (1988) 226
Report number:
- SLAC-PUB-4422
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We develop a Hamiltonian formulation of the BRST method for quantizing constrained systems. The rigid rotor is studied in detail and the similarity of this simple quantum system to a gauge theory is explicitly demonstrated. The system is quantized as a gauge theory and then the similarity between BRST and the Gupta-Bleuler approach is displayed. We also apply our formalism to true gauge theories. Both Abelian and non-Abelian gauge theories are studied in detail. Finally, the Hamiltonian treatment of the relativistic and the spinning relativistic particle is presented.- MECHANICS: CLASSICAL
- RELATIVISTIC
- SPIN
- MODEL: ROTATOR
- QUANTIZATION: CONSTRAINT
- QUANTIZATION: HAMILTONIAN FORMALISM
- TRANSFORMATION: BECCHI-ROUET-STORA
- GAUGE FIELD THEORY
- FIELD THEORY: SCALAR
- QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
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