Gauge Properties of Conserved Currents in Abelian Versus Nonabelian Theories

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dc.creatorDeser, S.
dc.creatorHenneaux, M.
dc.date1995-03-28
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dc.descriptionWe clarify the physical origin of the difference between gauge properties of conserved currents in abelian and nonabelian theories. In the latter, but not in the former, such currents can always be written on shell as gauge invariants modulo identically conserved, superpotential, terms. For the ``isotopic" vector and the stress tensor currents of spins 1 and 2 respectively, we explain this difference by the fact that the non-abelian theories are just the self-coupled versions of the abelian ones using these currents as sources. More precisely, we indicate how the self-coupling turns the non-invariantizable abelian conserved currents into (on-shell) superpotentials. The fate of other conserved currents is also discussed.
dc.descriptionlatex, 9 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9503193
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9503193
dc.identifierMod.Phys.Lett.A10:991-996,1995
dc.identifierdoi:10.1142/S0217732395001095
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/202821
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleGauge Properties of Conserved Currents in Abelian Versus Nonabelian Theories
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