Light-Front Hamiltonian, Path Integral and BRST Formulations of the Chern-Simons Theory under Appropriate Gauge-Fixing

Usha Kulshreshtha, Daya Shankar Kulshreshtha, James P. Vary

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DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2010.16055                

Abstract

The Chern-Simons theory in two-space one-time dimensions is quantized on the light-front under appropriate gauge-fixing conditions using the Hamiltonian, path integral and BRST formulations.

Keywords

Hamiltonian Quantization, Path Integral Quantization, BRST Quantization, Chern-Simons Theories, Light-Cone Quantization, Light-Front Quantization, Constrained Dynamics, Quantum Electrodynamics Models in Lower Dimensions, Light-Cone Quantization

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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