Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-05-03
Rev.Mex.Fis. 49S1 (2003) 53-60
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Minor changes, conclusions unaltered. 8 pages, revtex file. To appear in "Membranes 2000," Proceedings of the Fourth Mexican S
Scientific paper
The Hamiltonian analysis of Polyakov action is reviewed putting emphasis in two topics: Dirac observables and gauge conditions. In the case of the closed string it is computed the change of its action induced by the gauge transformation coming from the first class constraints. As expected, the Hamiltonian action is not gauge invariant due to the Hamiltonian constraint quadratic in the momenta. However, it is possible to add a boundary term to the original action to build a fully gauge-invariant action at first order. In addition, two relatives of string theory whose actions are fully gauge-invariant under the gauge symmetry involved when the spatial slice is closed are built. The first one is pure diffeomorphism in the sense it has no Hamiltonian constraint and thus bosonic string theory becomes a sub-sector of its space of solutions. The second one is associated with the tensionless bosonic string, its boundary term induces a canonical transformation and the fully gauge-invariant action written in terms of the new canonical variables becomes linear in the momenta.
Montesinos Merced
Vergara Jose David
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