Chern-Simons terms and the Three Notions of Charge

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2000-06-16

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0006117v1

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High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

11 pages, For the Proceedings of the E.S. Fradkin Memorial Conference, based on a talk given June 6 in Moscow

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In theories with Chern-Simons terms or modified Bianchi identities, it is useful to define three notions of either electric or magnetic charge associated with a given gauge field. A language for discussing these charges is introduced and the properties of each charge are described. `Brane source charge' is gauge invariant and localized but not conserved or quantized, `Maxwell charge' is gauge invariant and conserved but not localized or quantized, while `Page charge' conserved, localized, and quantized but not gauge invariant. This provides a further perspective on the issue of charge quantization recently raised by Bachas, Douglas, and Schweigert.

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