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Proca Theory from the Spinning Worldline

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-01-27 v2

Abstract

We obtain Proca field theory from the quantisation of the N=2\mathcal{N}=2 supersymmetric worldline upon supplementing the graded BRST-algebra with an extra multiplet of oscillators. The linearised theory describes the BV-extended spectrum of Proca theory, together with a St\"uckelberg field. When coupling the theory to background fields we derive the Proca equations, arising as consistency conditions in the BRST procedure. We also explore non-abelian modifications, complexified vector fields as well as coupling to a dilaton field. We propose a cubic action on the space of BRST-operators which reproduces the known Proca action.

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@article{arxiv.2110.10573,
  title  = {Proca Theory from the Spinning Worldline},
  author = {Matthias Carosi and Ivo Sachs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.10573},
  year   = {2022}
}

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12 pages

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