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Dimensional Reduction of Nonlinear Gauge Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We investigate an extension of 2D nonlinear gauge theory from the Poisson sigma model based on Lie algebroid to a model with additional two-form gauge fields. Dimensional reduction of 3D nonlinear gauge theory yields an example of such a model, which provides a realization of Courant algebroid by 2D nonlinear gauge theory. We see that the reduction of the base structure generically results in a modification of the target (algebroid) structure.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0407243,
  title  = {Dimensional Reduction of Nonlinear Gauge Theories},
  author = {Noriaki Ikeda and K. -I. Izawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0407243},
  year   = {2008}
}

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20 pages, crucial references added