Central charges in regular mechanics
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We consider the algebra associated to a group of transformations which are symmetries of a regular mechanical system (i.e. system free of constraints). For time dependent coordinate transformations we show that a central extension may appear at the classical level which is coordinate and momentum independent. A cochain formalism naturally arises in the argument and extends the usual configuration space cochain concepts to phase space.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9711036,
title = {Central charges in regular mechanics},
author = {A. Cabo and J. L. Lucio M. and V. Villanueva},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9711036},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
LaTeX, no figures, corrected for misprints, sent to Annals of Physics(NY)