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Finite electrodynamics from T-duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-05-05 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

In this paper, we present the repercussions of Padmanabhan's propagator in electrodynamics. This corresponds to implement T-duality effects in a U(1) gauge theory. By formulating a nonlocal action consistent with the above hypothesis, we derive the profile of static potentials between electric charges via a path integral approach. Interestingly, the Coulomb potential results regularized by a length scale proportional to the parameter (α)1/2(\alpha^\prime)^{1/2}. Accordingly, fields are vanishing at the origin. We also discuss an array of experimental testbeds to expose the above results. It is interesting to observe that T-duality generates an effect of dimensional fractalization, that resembles similar phenomena in fractional electromagnetism. Finally, our results have also been derived with a gauge-invariant method, as a necessary check of consistency for any non-Maxwellian theory.

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@article{arxiv.2202.09311,
  title  = {Finite electrodynamics from T-duality},
  author = {Patricio Gaete and Piero Nicolini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.09311},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

17 pages, 1 figure; v2: expanded discussion, version published on Phys. Lett. B

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