Vector-Tensor Duality

Details Vector-Tensor Duality Vector-Tensor Duality

1996-02-03

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9602009v2

Mod.Phys.Lett. A12 (1997) 2699-2706

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

9 pages, revtex, no figures, significant change in contents due to addition of explanations for several statements

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217732397002831

A dynamical non-abelian two-form potential gives masses to vector bosons via a topological coupling. Unlike in the abelian case, the two-form cannot be dualized to Goldstone bosons. Duality is restored by coupling a flat connection to the theory in a particular way, and the new action is then dualized to a non-linear sigma model. The presence of the flat connection is crucial, which saves the original mechanism of Higgs-free topological mass generation from being dualized to a sigma model.

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