Topologically Massive Non-Abelian Gauge Theories: Constraints and Deformations
Abstract
We study the relationship between three non-Abelian topologically massive gauge theories, viz. the naive non-Abelian generalization of the Abelian model, Freedman-Townsend model and the dynamical 2-form theory, in the canonical framework. Hamiltonian formulation of the naive non-Abelian theory is presented first. The other two non-Abelian models are obtained by deforming the constraints of this model. We study the role of the auxiliary vector field in the dynamical 2-form theory in the canonical framework and show that the dynamical 2-form theory cannot be considered as the embedded version of naive non-Abelian model. The reducibility aspect and gauge algebra of the latter models are also discussed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0102013,
title = {Topologically Massive Non-Abelian Gauge Theories: Constraints and Deformations},
author = {E. Harikumar and Amitabha Lahiri and M. Sivakumar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0102013},
year = {2009}
}
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ReVTeX, 17 pp; one reference added, version published in Phys. Rev. D