TY - JOUR A1 - Aldaya Valverde, Víctor AU - Calixto Molina, Manuel T1 - Algebraic characterization of constraints and generation of mass in gauge theories Y1 - 2000 SN - 0920-5632 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10317/502 UR - arXiv:hep-th/0003127v1 AB - The possibility of non-trivial representations of the gauge group on wavefunctionals of a gauge invariant quantum field theory leads to a generation of mass for intermediate vector and tensor bosons. The mass parameters m show up as central charges in the algebra of constraints, which then become of second-class nature. The gauge group coordinates acquire dynamics outside the null-mass shell and provide the longitudinal field degrees of freedom that massless bosons need to form massive bosons. KW - Matemática Aplicada KW - Caracterización algebraica KW - Teoria de indicadores LA - eng PB - Elsevier Science ER -