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We present the Dirac Hamiltonian formalism for a pair of $1$-form fields with a topological-like potential coupled to first-order gravity in three-dimensional spacetime. By considering the complete phase space, we derive the full structure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-13 Omar Rodríguez-Tzompantzi

We consider the two-dimensional model of W3-gravity within Lagrangian quantization methods for general gauge theories. We use the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism to study the arbitrariness in the realization of the gauge algebra. We obtain a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Geyer , D. M. Gitman , P. M. Lavrov , P. Yu. Moshin

The canonical formalism of the (2+2) formulation of general relativity of 4 spacetime dimensions is studied under no symmetry assumptions, where the spacetime is viewed as a local product of a 2 dimensional base manifold of Lorentzian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-03 J. H. Yoon

The constrained Hamiltonian formalism is worked out for the theories where the gauge symmetry parameters are unfree, being restricted by differential equations. The Hamiltonian BFV-BRST embedding is elaborated for this class of gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-15 V. A. Abakumova , I. Yu. Karataeva , S. L. Lyakhovich

We present a method for constructing a consistent low energy canonical formalism for higher order time-derivative theories, extending the Dirac method to include perturbative Hamiltonian constraints. We apply it to two paradigmatic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-10-27 S. A. Martinez , R. Montemayor , L. F. Urrutia

We present a covariant multisymplectic formulation for the Einstein-Hilbert model of General Relativity. As it is described by a second-order singular Lagrangian, this is a gauge field theory with constraints. The use of the unified…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-03-29 Jordi Gaset , Narciso Román-Roy

In this work we study the so-called ModMax nonlinear electrodynamics, which is a novel model designed to preserve duality rotations and conformal transformations, such as the Maxwell's equations do. This model allows to study diverse…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-16 C. A. Escobar , Román Linares , B. Tlatelpa-Mascote

In a Hamiltonian system with first class constraints observables can be defined as elements of a quotient Poisson bracket algebra. In the gauge fixing method observables form a quotient Dirac bracket algebra. We show that these two algebras…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. V. Bratchikov

The way of finding all the constraints in the Hamiltonian formulation of singular (in particular, gauge) theories is called the Dirac procedure. The constraints are naturally classified according to the correspondig stages of this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-23 D. M. Gitman , I. V. Tyutin

The procedure for Abelian conversion of second class constraints due to Batalin, Fradkin, Fradkina and Tyutin is considered at quantum level, by using the field-antifield formalism. It is argued that quantum effects can obstruct the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Ricardo Amorim , Ronaldo Thibes

In this work, we investigate a Lagrangian model describing a particle constrained to move along non-degenerate conic sections, parameterized by the orbital eccentricity \( e \). In the non-relativistic regime, we apply the Dirac--Bergmann…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-01 Alejandro G. Andarcia-Caballero , Jaime Manuel-Cabrera , Luis G. Romero-Hernández , Jorge M. Paulin-Fuentes

We investigate the Hamiltonian analysis of Nappi-Witten model (WZW action based on non semi simple gauge group) and find a time dependent non-commutativity by canonical quantization. Our procedure is based on constraint analysis of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-10-12 Mehdi Dehghani , Ahmad Shirzad

This paper is concerned with the study of a model case of first order Hamilton-Jacobi equations posed on a "junction", that is to say the union of a finite number of half-lines with a unique common point. The main result is a comparison…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-03-11 Cyril Imbert , Régis Monneau , Hasnaa Zidani

In previous works, it was shown that the Lagrangians and Hamiltonians of cosmological linear scalar, vector and tensor perturbations of homogeneous and isotropic space-times with flat spatial sections containing a perfect fluid can be put…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-14 S. D. P. Vitenti , F. T. Falciano , N. Pinto-Neto

We use Lagrangian formalism and jet spaces to derive a computational model to simulate multibody dynamics with holonomic constraints. Our approach avoids the traditional problems of drift-off and spurious oscillations. Hence even long…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jukka Tuomela , Teijo Arponen , Villesamuli Normi

In this paper we continue the study of the Hamiltonian formalism of the healthy extended Horava-Lifshitz gravity. We find the constraint structure of given theory and argue that this is the theory with the second class constraints. Then we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 J. Kluson

We present a unified convergence analysis for first order convex optimization methods using the concept of strong Lyapunov conditions. Combining this with suitable time scaling factors, we are able to handle both convex and strong convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-03 Long Chen , Hao Luo

Brian Pitts has recently claimed to show via straightforward calculation that, at least in the case of Hamiltonian electromagnetism, an arbitrary first-class constraint ``generates not a gauge transformation, but a bad physical change''…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-18 Oliver Pooley , David Wallace

In the context of the Hamiltonian formulation of string theory, a widely acknowledged issue is the inability of the first-class constraints to accurately reproduce the Lagrangian symmetry transformations. We take a critical look at the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-24 Héctor A. Benítez , René Negrón

We present a new formulation of the Einstein equations that casts them in an explicitly first order, flux-conservative, hyperbolic form. We show that this now can be done for a wide class of time slicing conditions, including maximal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Carles Bona , Joan Masso , Edward Seidel , Joan Stela