Covariantly quantizable superparticles
Abstract
The formulation of the superparticle with second-class constraints cannot be quantized covariantly. Naive replacement of these constraints with first-class ones does not solve the problem: Gupta-Bleuler quantization is not covariant, and BRST quantization gives the wrong cohomology. We show how other first-class formulations solve these problems.
Work supported in part by National Science Foundation grant PHY 87-15995.- Publication:
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Physics Letters B
- Pub Date:
- January 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0370-2693(90)90104-E
- Bibcode:
- 1990PhLB..235..106M