HAMILTONIAN BRST QUANTIZATION OF AN ABELIAN MASSIVE VECTOR FIELD WITH AN ANTISYMMETRIC TENSOR FIELD

Abstract

The Lagrangian of an Abelian massive vector field gives a system with second class constraints. We apply the Batalin–Fradkin formalism, which converts second class constraints to first class ones through the introduction of new variables. As a new variable, instead of the Stueckelberg field, we introduce an antisymmetric tensor field. A covariant gauge-fixed action is presented. The unitarity and the duality are also discussed.