CHIRAL BOSONS THROUGH LINEAR CONSTRAINTS

被引:17
作者
GIROTTI, HO
GOMES, M
RIVELLES, VO
机构
[1] Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, 01498 São Paulo, SP
[2] Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do sul, 91500 Porto Alegre, RS
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10.1103/PhysRevD.45.R3329
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We study in detail the quantization of a model which apparently describes chiral bosons. The model is based on the idea that the chiral condition could be implemented through a linear constraint. We show that the space of states is of an indefinite metric. We cure this disease by introducing ghost fields in such a way that a Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin symmetry is generated. A quartet algebra is seen to emerge. The quartet mechanism, then, forces all physical states, except the vacuum, to have a zero norm.
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页码:R3329 / R3331
页数:3
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