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On the classical central charge

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-09-06 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

In the canonical formulation of a classical field theory, symmetry properties are encoded in the Poisson bracket algebra, which may have a central term. Starting from this well understood canonical structure, we derive the related Lagrangian form of the central term.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0410111,
  title  = {On the classical central charge},
  author = {M. Blagojevic and M. Vasilic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0410111},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

23 pages, RevTeX, no figures; introduction improved, a few references added