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Gauge Invariances in Second Class Constrained Systems - A Comparative Look at Two Methods

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We look at and compare two different methods developed earlier for inducing gauge invariances in systems with second class constraints. These two methods, the Batalin-Fradkin method and the Gauge Unfixing method, are applied to a number of systems. We find that the extra field introduced in the Batalin-Fradkin method can actually be found in the original phase space itself.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9904084,
  title  = {Gauge Invariances in Second Class Constrained Systems - A Comparative Look at Two Methods},
  author = {A. S. Vytheeswaran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9904084},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Latex file, 12 pages, Contribution to ``Photon and Poincare Group'', edited by Valeri Dvoeglazov for Nova Science Publishers, New York