Gauge Field Improvement,Form-Scalar Duality and Conformal Invariance

dc.creatorDeser, S.
dc.creatorSchwimmer, A.
dc.date1994-04-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:48:08Z
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dc.descriptionThe problem of maintaining scale and conformal invariance in Maxwell and general N-form gauge theories away from their critical dimension d=2(N+1) is analyzed.We first exhibit the underlying group-theoretical clash between locality,gauge,Lorentz and conformal invariance require- ments. "Improved" traceless stress tensors are then constructed;each violates one of the above criteria.However,when d=N+2,there is a duality equivalence between N-form models and massless scalars.Here we show that conformal invariance is not lost,by constructing a quasilocal gauge invariant improved stress tensor.The correlators of the scalar theory are then reproduced,including the latter's trace anomaly.
dc.description8 pages ,CERN-TH.7224 IAS 94/24
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9404183
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9404183
dc.identifierInt.J.Mod.Phys.B8:3741-3748,1994
dc.identifierdoi:10.1142/S0217979294001627
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/202817
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleGauge Field Improvement,Form-Scalar Duality and Conformal Invariance
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