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Massless particle in 2d spacetime with constant curvature

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We consider dynamics of massless particle in 2d spacetimes with constant curvature. We analyze different examples of spacetime. Dynamical integrals are constructed from spacetime symmetry related to sl(2.R)sl(2.{\bf R}) algebra. Mass-shell condition restricts dynamical integrals to a cone (without vertex) which defines physical-phase space. We parametrize the cone by canonical coordinates. Canonical quantization with definite choice of operator ordering leads to unitary irreducible representations of SO(2.1)SO_\uparrow (2.1) group.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9812199,
  title  = {Massless particle in 2d spacetime with constant curvature},
  author = {George Jorjadze and Włodzimierz Piechocki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9812199},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages, LaTeX2e, no figures, submitted for publication; Representation defined by Eqs.(3.11-3.13) is not a new one. It was discovered earlier: Mikhail Plyushchay,J.Math.Phys.34(1993)3954