Quantization of gauge field theories on the front form without gauge constraints: The Abelian case

Journal Article · Sat Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.50.5289· OSTI ID:7006826

Jacob, O C ^[1]

---

1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94309 (United States)

Recently, we proposed a new front-form quantization which treated both the [ital x][sup +] and the [ital x][sup [minus]] coordinates as front-form times.'' This quantization was found to preserve parity explicitly. In this paper we extend this construction to local Abelian gauge fields. We quantize this theory using a method proposed originally by Faddeev and Jackiw. We emphasize here the feature that quantizing along both [ital x][sup +] and [ital x][sup [minus]] gauge theories does not require extra constraints (also known as gauge conditions'') to determine the solution uniquely.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 7006826
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 50:8; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

662110* -- General Theory of Particles & Fields-- Theory of Fields & Strings-- (1992-)
662120 -- General Theory of Particles & Fields-- Symmetry
Conservation Laws
Currents & Their Properties-- (1992-)
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LIGHT CONE
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
P INVARIANCE
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTIZATION
SPACE-TIME
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS