Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1999-01-25
Phys.Lett.B451:73-76,1999
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
3 typos fixed. 5 pages
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00216-6
We study the higher-derivative extensions of the D=3 Abelian Chern--Simons topological invariant that would appear in a perturbative effective action's momentum expansion. The leading, third-derivative, extension I_ECS turns out to be unique. It remains parity-odd but depends only on the field strength, hence no longer carries large gauge information, nor is it topological because metric dependence accompanies the additional covariant derivatives, whose positions are seen to be fixed by gauge invariance. Viewed as an independent action, I_ECS requires the field strength to obey the wave equation. The more interesting model, adjoining I_ECS to the Maxwell action, describes a pair of excitations. One is massless, the other a massive ghost, as we exhibit both via the propagator and by performing the Hamiltonian decomposition. We also present this model's total stress tensor and energy. Other actions involving I_ECS are also noted.
Deser Stanley
Jackiw Roman
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