Vector-Tensor Duality
High Energy Physics - Theory
2014-11-18 v2
Abstract
A dynamical non-abelian two-form potential gives masses to vector bosons via a topological coupling. Unlike in the abelian case, the two-form cannot be dualized to Goldstone bosons. Duality is restored by coupling a flat connection to the theory in a particular way, and the new action is then dualized to a non-linear sigma model. The presence of the flat connection is crucial, which saves the original mechanism of Higgs-free topological mass generation from being dualized to a sigma model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9602009,
title = {Vector-Tensor Duality},
author = {Amitabha Lahiri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9602009},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
9 pages, revtex, no figures, significant change in contents due to addition of explanations for several statements