Published January 15, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Derivative expansions for affinely quantized field theories

  • 1. Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 (USA)
  • 2. Physics Department, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, (United Kingdom)

Description

We examine the existence of an affinely (noncanonically) quantized free scalar theory via an expansion in powers of derivatives of the field. We show that with the simplest choice of measure affine quantization does not provide a useful basis for a nontrivial, well-defined theory

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
455-467
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21054794
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COMMUTATION RELATIONS; QUANTIZATION; SCALAR FIELDS; SERIES EXPANSION