Path Integral Quantization of Dual Abelian Gauge Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The path integral for 3+1 abelian gauge theory is rewritten in terms of a real antisymmetric field allowing a dual action that couples the electric and magnetic currents to the photon and each other in a gauge invariant manner. Standard perturbative abelian quantum electrodynamics reemerges when the monopole current vanishes. For certain simple relationships between the monopole current and the electric current, the altered photon propagator can exhibit abelian charge confinement or develop mass, modeling effects believed to be present in non-abelian theories.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0012005,
title = {Path Integral Quantization of Dual Abelian Gauge Theory},
author = {Mark S. Swanson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0012005},
year = {2007}
}
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