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Constrained quantization of a topologically massive gauge theory in (2+1)-dimensions

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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We present a canonical quantization for a gauge field theory in a (2+1) dimensional space-time in both Dirac brackets and Schwinger action principle formalisms.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA

    J. M. Martínez-Fernández & C. Wotzasek

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Martínez-Fernández, J.M., Wotzasek, C. Constrained quantization of a topologically massive gauge theory in (2+1)-dimensions. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 43, 305–312 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01588219

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