TITLE:
Light-Front Hamiltonian, Path Integral and BRST Formulations of the Chern-Simons Theory under Appropriate Gauge-Fixing
AUTHORS:
Usha Kulshreshtha, Daya Shankar Kulshreshtha, James P. Vary
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
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Modern Physics,
Vol.1 No.6,
December
29,
2010
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.