IJPAM: Volume 81, No. 5 (2012)
HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE
ACTION DESCRIBING MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS
ACTION DESCRIBING MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS
Alberto Escalante
, Omar Rodriguez Tzompantzi
Instituto de Física Luis Rivera Terrazas
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, (IFUAP)
Apartado Postal J-48, 72570, Puebla. Pue., MÉXICO
Facultad de Ciencias Fısico Matemáticas
Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Apartado Postal 1152, 72001, Puebla, Pue., MÉXICO



Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, (IFUAP)
Apartado Postal J-48, 72570, Puebla. Pue., MÉXICO

Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Apartado Postal 1152, 72001, Puebla, Pue., MÉXICO
Abstract. We develop a complete Dirac's canonical analysis for an alternative action that yields Maxwell's four-dimensional equations of motion. We study in detail the full symmetries of the action by following all steps of Dirac's method in order to obtain a detailed description of symmetries. Our results indicate that such an action does not have the same symmetries than Maxwell theory, namely, the model is not a gauge theory and the number of physical degrees of freedom are different.
Received: June 26, 2012
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Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN printed version: 1311-8080
ISSN on-line version: 1314-3395
Year: 2012
Volume: 81
Issue: 5