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Self-dual 6d 2-form fields coupled to non-abelian gauge field: quantum corrections

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-07-05 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study a 6d model of a set of self-dual 2-form BB-fields interacting with a non-abelian vector AA-field which is restricted to a 5d subspace. One motivation is that if the gauge vector could be expressed in terms of the BB-field or integrated out, this model could lead to an interacting theory of BB-fields only. Treating the 5d gauge vector as a background field, we compute the divergent part of the corresponding one-loop effective action which has the (DF)2+F3(DF)^2+F^3 structure and compare it with similar contributions from other 6d fields. We also discuss a 4d analog of the non-abelian self-dual model, which turns out to be UV finite.

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@article{arxiv.1804.05059,
  title  = {Self-dual 6d 2-form fields coupled to non-abelian gauge field: quantum corrections},
  author = {Kuo-Wei Huang and Radu Roiban and Arkady A. Tseytlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.05059},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

25 pages; v2: minor corrections, references added; v3: typos fixed, published version