BRST Hamiltonian quantization of a spinless particle in a curved background

Journal Article · Thu Jan 14 23:00:00 EST 1988 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.37.555· OSTI ID:5645134

Maharana, J

The BRST (Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin) Hamiltonian formalism is employed to quantize a spinless particle in the background of an arbitrary gravitational field. The gauge-fixed Hamiltonian action is obtained in the extended phase space including the ghosts. The partition function is obtained in the phase-space path-integral representation. The second-quantized action is presented in an elegant manner following Siegel's technique.

• Research Organization: Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar 751005, India
• OSTI ID: 5645134
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 37:2; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL
FUNCTIONS
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
HAMILTONIANS
INTEGRALS
INTERACTIONS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
MATHEMATICAL SPACE
METRICS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTITION FUNCTIONS
PHASE SPACE
QUANTIZATION
QUANTUM OPERATORS
SPACE
SPACE-TIME
VARIATIONAL METHODS