Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2002-09-17
J.Phys.A36:5095-5114,2003
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
LaTeX, 23 pages, journal ref. given
Scientific paper
10.1088/0305-4470/36/18/314
It is shown that the four $(3 + 1)$-dimensional (4D) free Abelian 2-form gauge theory provides an example of (i) a class of field theoretical models for the Hodge theory, and (ii) a possible candidate for the quasi-topological field theory (q-TFT). Despite many striking similarities with some of the key topological features of the two $(1 + 1)$-dimensional (2D) free Abelian (and self-interacting non-Abelian) gauge theories, it turns out that the 4D free Abelian 2-form gauge theory is {\it not} an exact TFT. To corroborate this conclusion, some of the key issues are discussed. In particular, it is shown that the (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST invariant quantities of the 4D 2-form Abelian gauge theory obey the recursion relations that are reminiscent of the exact TFTs but the Lagrangian density of this theory is not found to be able to be expressed as the sum of (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST exact quantities as is the case with the {\it topological} 2D free Abelian (and self-interacting non-Abelian) gauge theories.
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