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Consistent interactions and involution

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-11 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Starting from the concept of involution of field equations, a universal method is proposed for constructing consistent interactions between the fields. The method equally well applies to the Lagrangian and non-Lagrangian equations and it is explicitly covariant. No auxiliary fields are introduced. The equations may have (or have no) gauge symmetry and/or second class constraints in Hamiltonian formalism, providing the theory admits a Hamiltonian description. In every case the method identifies all the consistent interactions.

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@article{arxiv.1210.6821,
  title  = {Consistent interactions and involution},
  author = {D. S. Kaparulin and S. L. Lyakhovich and A. A. Sharapov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.6821},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Minor misprints corrected, to appear in JHEP

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