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Schwarz-Sen duality made fully local

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

Duality symmetric electromagnetic action a la Schwarz-Sen is shown to appear naturally in a chain of equivalent actions which interchange equations of motion with Bianchi identities. Full symmetry of the electromagnetic stress tensor is exploited by generalizing this duality symmetric action to allow for a space-time dependent mixing angle between electric and magnetic fields. The rotated fields are shown to satisfy Maxwell-like equations which involve the mixing angle as a parameter, and a generalized gauge invariance of the new action is established.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9912057,
  title  = {Schwarz-Sen duality made fully local},
  author = {Ruben L. Pakman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9912057},
  year   = {2009}
}

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