Duality from Topological Symmetry
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
We describe topological gauge theories for which duality properties are encoded by construction. We study them for compact manifolds of dimensions four, eight and two. The fields and their duals are treated symmetrically, within the context of field--antifield unification. Dual formulations correspond to different gauge-fixings of the topological symmetry. We also describe novel features in eight-dimensional theories, and speculate about their possible "Abelian" descriptions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9811198,
title = {Duality from Topological Symmetry},
author = {L Baulieu and S. L. Shatashvili},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9811198},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
30 pages, harvmac file, references added