Duality-symmetric Action for Electromagnetic Theory with Electric and Magnetic Sources
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-16 v2
Abstract
For the SL(2,\textbf{R}) duality-invariant generalization of Maxwell electrodynamics in the presence of both electric and magnetic sources, we formulate a local, manifestly duality-symmetric, Zwanziger-type action by introducing a pair of four-potentials and in a judicious way. On the two potentials and the SL(2,\textbf{R}) duality transformation acts in a simple linear manner. In quantum theory including charged source fields, this action can be recast as a SL(2,\textbf{Z})-invariant action. Also given is a Zwanziger-type action for SL(2,\textbf{R}) duality-invariant Born-Infeld electrodynamics which can be important for D-brane dynamics in string theory.
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@article{arxiv.1306.5520,
title = {Duality-symmetric Action for Electromagnetic Theory with Electric and Magnetic Sources},
author = {Choonkyu Lee and Hyunsoo Min},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.5520},
year = {2015}
}
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20 pages