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Topological Mass Generation in Four Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Schwinger's mechanism for mass generation relies on topological structures of a 2-dimensional gauge theory. In the same manner, corresponding 4-dimensional topological entities give rise to topological mass generation in four dimensions.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0511175,
  title  = {Topological Mass Generation in Four Dimensions},
  author = {Gia Dvali and R. Jackiw and So - Young Pi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0511175},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

10 pages, 2 figures

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