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The Rest-Frame Instant Form and Dirac Observables for the Open Nambu String

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-04-20 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The rest-frame instant form of the positive-energy part of the open Nambu string is developed. The string is described as a decoupled non-local canonical non-covariant Newton-Wigner center of mass plus a canonical basis of Wigner-covariant relative variables living in the Wigner 3-spaces. The center of mass carries a realization of the Poincare' algebra depending upon the invariant mass and the rest-spin of the string, functions of the relative variables. A canonical basis of gauge invariant Dirac observables is built with Frenet-Serret geometrical methods. Some comments on canonical quantization are made.

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@article{arxiv.1005.3653,
  title  = {The Rest-Frame Instant Form and Dirac Observables for the Open Nambu String},
  author = {D. Alba and H. W. Crater and L. Lusanna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.3653},
  year   = {2011}
}

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43 pages

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