Comments on duality-symmetric theories
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-26 v1
Abstract
We briefly review the basics of electric-magnetic duality symmetry and their geometric interpretation in the M-theory context. Then we recall some no-go theorems that prevent a simple extension of the duality symmetry to non-Abelian gauge theories.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0111215,
title = {Comments on duality-symmetric theories},
author = {Xavier Bekaert and Sorin Cucu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0111215},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
7 pages, Talk given by X.B. at the RTN meeting ``The Quantum Structure of Spacetime and the Geometric Nature of Fundamental Interactions'', Corfu, 13-20 Sept 2001