Coordinate-free quantization of first-class constrained systems
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-30 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
The coordinate-free formulation of canonical quantization, achieved by a flat-space Brownian motion regularization of phase-space path integrals, is extended to a special class of closed first-class constrained systems that is broad enough to include Yang-Mills type theories with an arbitrary compact gauge group. Central to this extension are the use of coherent state path integrals and of Lagrange multiplier integrations that engender projection operators onto the subspace of gauge invariant states.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9608027,
title = {Coordinate-free quantization of first-class constrained systems},
author = {John R. Klauder and Sergei V. Shabanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9608027},
year = {2009}
}