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On the $\Theta$-term in electrodynamics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-19 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The term ΘϵμνρσFμνFρσ\Theta\epsilon^{\mu\nu\rho\sigma}F_{\mu\nu}F_{\rho\sigma}, when added to the electromagnetic Lagrangian 116πFμνFμν-{1\over 16\pi}F^{\mu\nu}F_{\mu\nu}, does not change the signature of the Lagrangian. Actually, it increases the part with negative kinetic energy term at the spatial infinity. For this reason it does not change the conclusion, that at the spatial infinity the magnetic part of the electromagnetic field should be absent.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9809205,
  title  = {On the $\Theta$-term in electrodynamics},
  author = {Pawel O. Mazur and Andrzej Staruszkiewicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9809205},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages