A gauge invariant formulation for the SU(N) non-linear sigma model in 2+1 dimensions

Details A gauge invariant formulation for the SU(N) non-linear sigma model in 2+1 dimensions A gauge invariant formulation for the SU(N) non-linear sigma model in 2+1 dimensions

2003-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0302025v1

J.Phys.A36:6847-6856,2003

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

LaTeX, 15 pages, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/0305-4470/36/24/319

We derive a local, gauge invariant action for the SU(N) non-linear sigma-model in 2+1 dimensions. In this setting, the model is defined in terms of a self-interacting pseudo vector-field \theta_\mu, with values in the Lie algebra of the group SU(N). Thanks to a non-trivially realized gauge invariance, the model has the correct number of degrees of freedom: only one polarization of \theta_\mu, like in the case of the familiar Yang-Mills theory in 2+1 dimensions. Moreover, since \theta_\mu is a pseudo-vector, the physical content corresponds to one massless pseudo-scalar field in the Lie algebra of SU(N), as in the standard representation of the model. We show that the dynamics of the physical polarization corresponds to that of the SU(N) non-linear sigma model in the standard representation, and also construct the corresponding BRST invariant gauge-fixed action.

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