Photons without vector fields
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-08-08 v2
Abstract
In this note we continue to pursue the question whether gauge theories can be represented in terms of effective "scalar" degrees of freedom. We provide such a consistent representation for a free photon theory in 3+1 dimensions. Building on results of [1] we construct a Lagrangian with a four derivative kinetic term, and demonstrate that despite seeming nonlinearity of the theory it is equivalent to a theory of a free photon.
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@article{arxiv.1511.03889,
title = {Photons without vector fields},
author = {Ibrahim Burak Ilhan and Alex Kovner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.03889},
year = {2016}
}
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7 pages