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Multi-Field Generalisations of the Klein-Gordon Theory associated with p-Branes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to initiate a study of a class of Lorentz invariant, yet tractable, Lagrangian Field Theories which may be viewed as an extension of the Klein-Gordon Lagrangian to many scalar fields in a novel manner. These Lagrangians are quadratic in the Jacobians of the participating fields with respect to the base space co-ordinates. In the case of two fields, real valued solutions of the equations of motion are found and a phenomenon reminiscent of instanton behaviour is uncovered; an ansatz for a subsidiary equation which implies a solution of the full equations yields real solutions in three-dimensional Euclidean space. Each of these is associated with a spherical harmonic function.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0103105,
  title  = {Multi-Field Generalisations of the Klein-Gordon Theory associated with p-Branes},
  author = {David B. Fairlie and Tatsuya Ueno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0103105},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, Latex