Classical and quantum mechanics of free relativistic membranes |
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| Authors: | PA Collins RW Tucker |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Physics, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YB, UK;2. Deresbury Laboratory, Science Research Council, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, UK |
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| Abstract: | Motivated by the theory of relativistic strings, the theory of a two-dimensional relativistic membrane whose action is proportional to the three-dimensional area it traces out in space-time is investigated both in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms. The quantum theory is developed using Dirac's method for constrained systems and the question of gauge choices is considered in some detail. |
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