Duality, Self-Duality, Sources and Charge Quantization in Abelian N-Form Theories

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dc.creatorDeser, S.
dc.creatorGomberoff, A.
dc.creatorHenneaux, M.
dc.creatorTeitelboim, C.
dc.date1997-02-26
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dc.descriptionWe investigate duality properties of N-form fields, provide a symmetric way of coupling them to electric/magnetic sources, and check that these charges obey the appropriate quantization requirements. First, we contrast the D=4k case, in which duality is a well-defined SO(2) rotation generated by a Chern-Simons form leaving the action invariant, and D=4k+2 where the corresponding ostensibly SO(1,1) rotation is not only not an invariance but does not even have a generator. When charged sources are included we show explicitly in the Maxwell case how the usual Dirac quantization arises in a fully symmetric approach attaching strings to both types of charges. Finally, for D=4k+2 systems, we show how charges can be introduced for self-dual (2k)-forms, and obtain the D=4k models with sources by dimensional reduction, tracing their duality invariance to a partial invariance in the higher dimensions.
dc.description13 pages, Latex
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9702184
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9702184
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B400:80-86,1997
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00338-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/202829
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleDuality, Self-Duality, Sources and Charge Quantization in Abelian N-Form Theories
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