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What is the quantity dual to the Lagrangian density?

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-01-25 v1

Abstract

We address the lately discovered Lagrangian density L{\cal L} of nonlinear electrodynamics preserving both conformal invariance and electric-magnetic duality to show that the quantity dual to L{\cal L} is K=12ΘμνΘμν{\cal K}=\frac12\sqrt{\Theta_{\mu\nu}\Theta^{\mu\nu}}, where Θμν\Theta_{\mu\nu} is the stress-energy tensor built out of this L{\cal L}. We point out that L{\cal L} and K{\cal K} make up a pair of canonically conjugate variables which can be regarded as local coordinates of a two-dimensional symplectic manifold.

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@article{arxiv.2201.08999,
  title  = {What is the quantity dual to the Lagrangian density?},
  author = {Boris Kosyakov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.08999},
  year   = {2022}
}

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