Gauge Invariance and Systems With Second Class Constraints

Jan, 1988
28 pages
Published in:
  • Z.Phys.C 48 (1990) 151-158
Report number:
  • TIT/HEP-125

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Abstract: (Springer)
We show that under a certain assumption systems with second-class constraints can be regarded as gauge-fixed systems with first-class constraints. The massive Yang-Mills theory, a point particle on a sphere and theO(N) symmetric non-linear σ-model are considered as concrete examples.
  • field theory: constraint
  • invariance: gauge
  • gauge field theory: Yang-Mills
  • field theory: massive
  • massive: field theory
  • sigma model: nonlinear
  • symmetry: O(N)
  • quantization
  • particle: nonrelativistic
  • particle: sphere