Particles and Strings in Degenerate Metric Spaces

Class.Quant.Grav. 17 (2000) 1577-1594 We consider relativistic and non-relativistic particles and strings in spaces (or space-times) with a degenerate metric. We show that the resulting dynamics is described by a rich structure of constraints. All constraints are classified and the dynamics depends...

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Main Authors Cabral, Luis A, Rivelles, Victor O
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.10.1999
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Physics - General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Physics - High Energy Physics - Theory
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Summary:Class.Quant.Grav. 17 (2000) 1577-1594 We consider relativistic and non-relativistic particles and strings in spaces (or space-times) with a degenerate metric. We show that the resulting dynamics is described by a rich structure of constraints. All constraints are classified and the dynamics depends strongly on the parity of the difference between the dimension of the space (or space-time) and the rank of the degenerate metric. For a particular class of degenerate metrics we can identify the null eigenvectors of the metric with its Killing vectors. We also give the first steps towards the quantization of the non-relativistic particle using the Senjanovic path integral quantization and the Batalin-Fradkin-Tyutin conversion method.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9910163