Published October 1989 | Version v1
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String theory constructions: An introduction to modern methods

Creators

  • 1. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

Using the Batalin-Fradkin-Vilkovisky formalism for constrained systems, BRST quantisation of bosonic and spinning string theories is introduced. As a warm-up exercise, the case of the scalar point-particle is first considered. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
11
Series
Nucl. Phys., B Proc. Suppl.
Journal Page Range
186-222
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE

Conference

Title
10. autumn school on physics beyond the standard model.
Dates
10-14 Oct 1988.
Place
Lisbon (Portugal).

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
21032826
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Progress Report
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; BOSONS; COMMUTATION RELATIONS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; FERMIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; HAMILTONIANS; LECTURES; PROGRESS REPORT; QUANTIZATION; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; STRING MODELS; SUPERSYMMETRY; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DOCUMENT TYPES; EQUATIONS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SYMMETRY; WAVE EQUATIONS