@article{ef1ebacf3558494bbc7a6d2a92830b6d,
title = "The quantization of a massless relativistic string in a time-like gauge",
abstract = "The massless relativistic string is quantized in a time-like orthonormal gauge. The results are completely equivalent to those obtained in the light-like case. In particular, a strictly canonical quantization procedure succeeds only when the dimension of space-time is 26. The discussion is based on Dirac's formalism for contrained systems and the introduction of classical variables analogous to those defined by Del Giudice, Di Vecchia and Fubini in the dual model.",
author = "P. Goddard and Hanson, {A. J.} and G. Ponzano",
note = "Funding Information: The massless relativistic string and its quantum theoretic description have been much studied in the last two years. Perhaps the major reason for this interest is that the string provides an underlying physical system and space-time picture for the S-matrix elements constructed in the theory of dual models***. Moreover, the treatment of interacting strings using functional integrals \[2\]h as led not only to a rederi-ration of dual theory results but also to powerful calculational techniques for dual amplitudes involving fermions \[3\]. Another source of interest in the relativistic string is its surprising quantization * Research sponsored in part by the US Atomic Energy Commission, Grant No. AT(11-1)-2220. * Address from January, 1975: DAMTP, Silver Street, Cambridge, UK. ** Research supported in part by the US Atomic Energy Commission. *** For recent reviews of dual models and their connections with relativistic strings, see ref. \[1 \].",
year = "1975",
month = apr,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1016/0550-3213(75)90410-1",
language = "English",
volume = "89",
pages = "76--92",
journal = "Nuclear Physics B",
issn = "0550-3213",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "1",
}