Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2003-03-26
JHEP 0305 (2003) 017
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
18 pages, revised version published in JHEP, some sections removed one added
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2003/05/017
The classical theory for a massive free particle moving on the group manifold $AdS_3 \cong SL(2, \mathbb{R})$ is analysed in detail. In particular a symplectic structure and two different sets of canonical coordinates are explicitly found, corresponding to the Cartan and Iwasawa decomposition of the group. Canonical quantization is performed in two different ways; by imposing the future-directed constraint before and after quantization. It is found that this leads to different quantum theories. The Hilbert space of either theory decomposes into the sum of certain irreducible representations of $sl(2,\mathbb{R}) \oplus sl(2,\mathbb{R})$; however, depending on how the constraint is imposed we get different representations. Quantization of the mass occurs, although a continuum exists in the unconstrained theory corresponding to particles that can reverse their direction in time. A quantization in terms of the ``chiral'' variables of the theory is also carried out giving the same results. Comparisons are made between QFT in $AdS_3$ and the quantum mechanics derived, and it is found that one of the quantum theories is consistent with the Breitenlohner-Freedman bound.
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