25 research outputs found
BFV Quantization of Relativistic Spinning Particles with a Single Bosonic Constraint
Using the BFV approach we quantize a pseudoclassical model of the spin one
half relativistic particle that contains a single bosonic constraint, contrary
to the usual locally supersymmetric models that display first and second class
constraints.Comment: 5 p., Latex, IF-UFRJ-94-1
An operator approach to BRST invariant transition amplitudes
The transition amplitudes for the free spinless and spinning relativistic
particles are obtained by applying an operator method developed long ago by
Dirac and Schwinger to the BFV form of the BRST theory for constrained systems.Comment: 10 pages, Latex, IF-UFRJ-9
The Negative Dimensional Oscillator at Finite Temperature
We study the thermal behavior of the negative dimensional harmonic oscillator
of Dunne and Halliday that at zero temperature, due to a hidden BRST symmetry
of the classical harmonic oscillator, is shown to be equivalent to the
Grassmann oscillator of Finkelstein and Villasante. At finite temperature we
verify that although being described by Grassmann numbers the thermal behavior
of the negative dimensional oscillator is quite different from a Fermi system.Comment: 8 pages, IF/UFRJ/93/0
On the physical interpretation of effective actions using Schwinger's formula
We show explicitly that Schwinger's formula for one-loop effective actions
corresponds to the summation of energies associated with the zero-point
oscillations of the fields. We begin with a formal proof, and after that we
confirm it using a regularization prescription.Comment: 5 p., REVTEX, IF-UFRJ-9