Light-Front Quantization of the Nielsen-Olesen (Bogomol'nyi) Model

TL;DR

This paper explores the light-front quantization of Nielsen-Olesen (Bogomol'nyi) models in two-dimensional space-time using Hamiltonian, path integral, and BRST methods, focusing on the symmetry phase.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of quantizing Nielsen-Olesen models on the light front with multiple formulations in the symmetry phase.

Findings

Successful application of light-front quantization methods to the model

Comparison of Hamiltonian, path integral, and BRST approaches

Insights into the symmetry phase structure

Abstract

In this work, I consider the light-front quantization of a class of Nielsen-Olesen (Bogomol'nyi) models in two-space one-time dimensions in the so-called symmetry phase using the Hamiltonian, path integral and BRST formulations.