scholarly journals A longitudinal gauge degree of freedom and the Pais Uhlenbeck field

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Beltrán Jiménez ◽  
Enea Di Dio ◽  
Ruth Durrer
1989 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 249-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. A. SCHAPOSNIK ◽  
J. E. SOLOMIN

We show that, in the covariant Lagrangian formalism, a proper treatment of the gauge degree of freedom in a model of chiral bosons proposed by Siegel uncovers the presence of a Jacobian (a "Wess-Zumino action"): the group of gauge transformations gets quantized and the anomaly is absorbed.


1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
William P. Dunlap ◽  
Leann Myers

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document