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Title

Constraint theory and quantization methods : from relativistic particles to field theory and general relativity, Montepulciano, Siena, Italy, 28 June-1 July 1993 / editors, F. Colomo, L. Lusanna, G. Marmo.

Publication

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Colomo, F.
• Lusanna, L.
• Marmo, Giuseppe.

Description

xi, 448 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

• Constraints (Physics) > Congresses
• Mathematical physics > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Finite Approximations to Quantum Physics: Quantum Points and Their Bundles / A. P. Balachandran, G. Bimonte and E. Ercolessi -- Involution, Constraints and Exterior Differential Systems / D. Hartley, R. W. Tucker and P. A. Tuckey -- Generalized Symmetries and BRST-Invariance in the Poincare-Cartan Formalism / M. Francaviglia -- Spacetime Locality of the Antifield Formalism: General Method Illustrated by Means of Explicit Examples / M. Henneaux -- Constrained Hamiltonian Systems / W. M. Tulczyjew -- Generators of Gauge Transformations for Reducible and Irreducible Cases / T. Kimura, I. S. Sogami and R. Sugano -- Regularization of Current Algebra / J. Mickelsson -- BRST Quantization of Relativistic Particles on Inner Product Spaces / R. Marnelius -- A Fundamental Chirality in Nature: The Helical Motion of the Spinning Electron / A. O. Barut -- New Supersymmetries for Spinning Particles and Black Holes / J. W. van Holten.
• Two-Body Dirac Equations of Constraint Dynamics and Field Theoretic Bound States in QCD and QED / H. W. Crater and P. Van Alstine -- Two-Body Relativistic System in External Field / Ph. Droz-Vincent -- Strong Coulomb Coupling in Constraint Dynamics / M. Bawin, J. Cugnon and H. Sazdjian -- Inhomogeneous Quantum Groups and the Generalized Dirac Equation / E. Sorace -- (Constrained) Quantization without Tears / R. Jackiw -- A Transition Amplitude on the Gauge Orbit Space / S. V. Shabanov -- The Constraints of 2+1 Gravity / J. E. Nelson -- Skyrme-like Models in Gauge Theory / D. H. Tchrakian -- Dirac's Observables for Classical Yang-Mills Theory / L. Lusanna -- Gauge Degrees of Freedom and Path Integral for Gauge Theory / R. Sugano -- Symplectic Reduction via Complex Group Actions / R. Loll, J. M. Mourao and J. N. Tavares -- Hamiltonian and BRST Formulations of Some Chiral Field Theories in (1+1)-Dimension / U. Kulshreshtha, D. S. Kulshreshtha and H. J. W. Muller-Kirsten.
• Non-Local Variables in Quantum Gravity and Vassiliev Invariants / R. F. Picken -- 2+1 Gravity and Closed Time-like Curves / P. Menotti and D. Seminara -- Surgery and Topological Invariants of Punctured Riemann Surfaces / E. Guadagnini -- Diffeomorphism Invariance and Quantum Gravity / M. Carfora, A. Marzuoli and A. Vancheri -- Hamilton-Jacobi Theory for Constrained Systems and Gauge Invariant Degrees of Freedom in General Relativity and Yang-Mills Theory / E. T. Newman and C. Rovelli -- Gauge Theories of the Extended Galilei Group and Newtonian Gravities / R. De Pietri, M. Pauri and L. Lusanna -- Mechanics as Geometry? / J. M. Charap.

ISBN

9810215827

OCLC

ocm30992392

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Columbia University Libraries