Published March 15, 1989
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Journal article
Dirac-bracket quantization of chiral scalar two-dimensional QED
- 1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, C.P. 20516, 01498 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Description
We discuss the interaction of two-dimensional chiral bosons with an electromagnetic field, quantizing the system via the Dirac procedure. A quantum theory is obtained; however, due to the mass generation the system is consistent only if further constraints are imposed. In such a case, the electromagnetic field is trivial. The role of the gauge Jackiw-Rajaraman mass parameter is also discussed
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review, D
- Journal Volume
- 39
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 1784-1786
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20042940
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOSONS; CHIRAL SYMMETRY; DIRAC EQUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; MASS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SCALAR FIELDS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INTERACTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY; WAVE EQUATIONS