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J. F. Plebanski

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Deformation Quantization of Geometric Quantum Mechanics

Second quantization of a classical nonrelativistic one-particle system as a deformation quantization of the Schrodinger spinless field is considered. Under the assumption that the phase space of the Schrodinger field is $C^{\infty}$, both, the Weyl-Wigner-Moyal and Berezin deformation quantizations are discussed and compared. Then the geometric quantum mechanics is also quantized using the Berezin method under the assumption that the phase space is $CP^{\infty}$ endowed with the Fubini-Study Kahlerian metric. Finally, the Wigner function for an arbitrary particle state and its evolution equation are obtained. As is shown this new "second quantization" leads to essentially different results than the former one. For instance, each state is an eigenstate of the total number particle operator and the corresponding eigenvalue is always ${1 \over \hbar}$.

hep-th

Deformation Quantization of sdiff($Σ_{2}$) SDYM Equation

Deformation quantization (the Moyal deformation) of SDYM equation for the algebra of the area preserving diffeomorphisms of a 2-surface $Σ_{2}$, sdiff($Σ_{2}$), is studied. Deformed equation we call the master equation (ME) as it can be reduced to many integrable nonlinear equations in mathematical physics. Two sets of concerved charges for ME are found. Then the linear systems for ME (the Lax pairs) associated with the conserved charges are given. We obtain the dressing operators and the infinite algebra of hidden symmetries of ME. Twistor construction is also done.

hep-th

Deformation Quantization of Bosonic Strings

Deformation quantization of bosonic strings is considered. We show that the light-cone gauge is the most convenient classical description to perform the quantization of bosonic strings in the deformation quantization formalism. Similar to the field theory case, the oscillator variables greatly facilitates the analysis. The mass spectrum, propagators and the Virasoro algebra are finally described within this deformation quantization scheme.

hep-th

Deformation Quantization of Classical Fields

We study the deformation quantization of scalar and abelian gauge classical free fields. Stratonovich-Weyl quantizer, star-products and Wigner functionals are obtained in field and oscillator variables. Abelian gauge theory is particularly intriguing since Wigner functional is factorized into a physical part and other one containing the constraints only. Some effects of non-trivial topology within deformation quantization formalism are also considered.

hep-th

A note on the iterative approach to twisting type N solutions

We present the results of the computation of a twisting type N solution to vacuum Einstein equations following an iterative approach. Our results show that the higher order terms fail to provide a full exact solution with non-vanishing twist. Nevertheless, our fourth-order solution still represents a regular and twisting type N solution.

gr-qc

Towards a Gravitational Analog to S-duality in Non-abelian Gauge Theories

For non-abelian non-supersymmetric gauge theories, generic dual theories have been constructed. In these theories the couplings appear inverted. However, they do not possess a Yang-Mills structure but rather are a kind of non-linear sigma model. It is shown that for a topological gravitational model an analog to this duality exists.

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