Peierls Brackets in Theoretical Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
Peierls brackets are part of the space-time approach to quantum field theory, and provide a Poisson bracket which, being defined for pairs of observables which are group invariant, is group invariant by construction. It is therefore well suited for combining the use of Poisson brackets and the full diffeomorphism group in general relativity. The present paper provides an introduction to the topic, with applications to field theory and point Lagrangians.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0209147,
title = {Peierls Brackets in Theoretical Physics},
author = {Giampiero Esposito and Giuseppe Marmo and Cosimo Stornaiolo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0209147},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
17 pages, plain Tex