Hamilton-Jacobi Approach for First Order Actions and Theories with Higher Derivatives

Bertin, M. C.; Pimentel, B. M.; Pompeia, P. J.

Hamilton-Jacobi Approach for First Order Actions and Theories with Higher Derivatives

Authors

Bertin, M. C.

Pimentel, B. M.

Pompeia, P. J.

Description

In this work we analyze systems described by Lagrangians with higher order derivatives in the context of the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism for first order actions. Two different approaches are studied here: the first one is analogous to the description of theories with higher derivatives in the hamiltonian formalism according to [Sov. Phys. Journ. 26 (1983) 730; the second treats the case where degenerate coordinate are present, in an analogy to reference [Nucl. Phys. B 630 (2002) 509]. Several examples are analyzed where a comparison between both approaches is made.