Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1992-07-31
Z.Phys. C57 (1993) 59-74
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
33 pages (Plain TeX), DTP-92/41
Scientific paper
10.1007/BF01555739
Causal rigid particles whose action includes an {\it arbitrary} dependence on the world-line extrinsic curvature are considered. General classes of solutions are constructed, including {\it causal tachyonic} ones. The Hamiltonian formulation is developed in detail except for one degenerate situation for which only partial results are given and requiring a separate analysis. However, for otherwise generic rigid particles, the precise specification of Hamiltonian gauge symmetries is obtained with in particular the identification of the Teichm$\ddot{\rm u}$ller and modular spaces for these systems. Finally, canonical quantisation of the generic case is performed paying special attention to the phase space restriction due to causal propagation. A mixed Lorentz-gravitational anomaly is found in the commutator of Lorentz boosts with world-line reparametrisations. The subspace of gauge invariant physical states is therefore not invariant under Lorentz transformations. Consequences for rigid strings and membranes are also discussed.
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