Published August 18, 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Consistent elimination of redundant second-class constraints

  • 1. Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). Faculte des Sciences

Description

An elementary criterium for the consistent elimination of redundant second-class constraints is given. Failure to fulfil this criterium leads to inconsistencies which are pointed out. A naive covariant separation of first-class and second-class constraints for the superstring does not meet the criterium and hence is not yet acceptable. Similar considerations apply also to the supermembrame. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
210
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
141-146
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA