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Pseudoclassical system with gauge and time-reparametrization invariance

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-04-07 v4

Abstract

We present a pseudoclassical mechanics model which exhibits gauge symmetry and time-reparametrization invariance. As such, first- and second-class constraints restrict the phase space, and the Hamiltonian weakly vanishes. We show that the Dirac conjecture does not hold -- the secondary first-class constraint is not a symmetry generator -- and only the gauge fixing condition associated with the primary first-class constraint is needed to remove the gauge ambiguities. The gauge fixed theory is equivalent to the Fermi harmonic oscillator extended by a boundary term. We quantize in the deformation quantization and in the Schrodinger representation approaches and observe that the boundary term prepares the system in the state of positive energy.

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@article{arxiv.2212.02414,
  title  = {Pseudoclassical system with gauge and time-reparametrization invariance},
  author = {Mauricio Valenzuela},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.02414},
  year   = {2023}
}

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18 pages

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