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A covariant implementation of diffeomorphisms in the presence of local symmetries is a nontrivial aspect of gravitational theories. In Double Field Theory, this is achieved through the so-called generalized Kosmann derivative. In this work,…

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In cosmology, it has been a long-standing problem to establish a \emph{parameter insensitive} evolution from an anisotropic phase to an isotropic phase. On the other hand, it is of great importance to construct a theory having extra…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-05-22 Houwen Wu , Haitang Yang

We develop a gauge theory of the combined gravitational-electromagnetic field by expanding the Poincar\'e group to include clock synchronization transformations. We show that the electromagnetic field can be interpreted as a local gauge…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-27 Robert D. Bock

Maxwell's equations with massive photons and magnetic monopoles are formulated using spacetime algebra. It is demonstrated that a single non-homogeneous multi-vectorial equation describes the theory. Two limiting cases are considered and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-05-27 Carlo Cafaro , S. A. Ali

Electromagnetic duality of Maxwell theory is a symmetry of equations but not of the action. The usual application of the `complexity=action' conjecture would thus loose this duality. It was recently proposed in arxiv:1901.00014 that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-02 Hai-Shan Liu , H. Lu

Fractonic matter with dipole symmetry can be coupled to a two-index symmetric tensor gauge field. In this work, we show that this symmetric tensor field, along with other related generalized Maxwell theories, can be consistently coupled to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-13 Evangelos Afxonidis , Alessio Caddeo , Carlos Hoyos , Daniele Musso

Within the superfield approach, we consider the duality between the supersymmetric Maxwell-Chern-Simons and self-dual theories in three spacetime dimensions. Using a gauge embedding method, we construct the dual theory to the self-dual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. F. Ferrari , M. Gomes , J. R. S. Nascimento , A. Yu. Petrov , A. J. da Silva

In accordance with an old suggestion of Asher Peres (1962), we consider the electromagnetic field as fundamental and the metric as a subsidiary field. In following up this thought, we formulate Maxwell's theory in a diffeomorphism invariant…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Friedrich W. Hehl , Yuri N. Obukhov

Three geometric formulations of the Hamiltonian structure of the macroscopic Maxwell equations are given: one in terms of the double de Rham complex, one in terms of L2 duality, and one utilizing an abstract notion of duality. The final of…

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Maxwell's Electrodynamics admits two distinct Galilean limits called the Electric and Magnetic limits. We show that the equations of motion in both these limits are invariant under the Galilean Conformal Algebra in D=4, thereby exhibiting…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Arjun Bagchi , Rudranil Basu , Aditya Mehra

We investigate non-linear generalization of Maxwell theory of electromagnetic field keeping the gauge invariance of Lagrangian. New theory, which is standard Yang-Mills theory, is based on Harmonic Oscillator HO(4,R) gauge group. It's a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Arthur M. Aslanyan

By resolving the Riemann curvature relative to a unit timelike vector into electric and magnetic parts, we consider duality relations analogous to the electromagnetic theory. It turns out that the duality symmetry of the Einstein action…

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We consider a model of classical noncommutative particle in an external electromagnetic field. For this model, we prove the existence of generalized gauge transformations. Classical dynamics in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian form is discussed,…

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We study four dimensional $N=2$ supersymmetric gauge theories with matter multiplets. For all such models for which the gauge group is $SU(2)$, we derive the exact metric on the moduli space of quantum vacua and the exact spectrum of the…

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This paper undertakes a study of the nature of the force associated with the local U (1) gauge symmetry of a non-relativistic quantum particle. To ensure invariance under local U (1) symmetry, a matter field must couple to a gauge field. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-03-05 V. Colussi , S. Wickramasekara

In general relativity, Maxwell's equations are embedded in curved spacetime through the minimal prescription, but this could change if strong-gravity modifications are present. We show that with a nonminimal coupling between gravity and a…

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We introduce an effective action for non-dissipative magnetohydrodynamics. A crucial guiding principle is the generalized global symmetry of electrodynamics, which naturally leads to introducing a "dual photon" as the degree of freedom…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-13 Paolo Glorioso , Dam Thanh Son

Many theories of nonlinear electrodynamics (NLED) that have been proposed in physical contexts involving strong fields are causal for weak fields but acausal for strong fields. We show that for any such theory there is a unique causal and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-21 Jorge G. Russo , Paul K. Townsend

We construct a purely frame-like parent action that allows to dualise, at the off-shell level, an arbitrary mixed-symmetry bosonic massless fields in Minkowski background of dimensions d. Starting from any massless mixed-symmetry gauge…

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It has been proposed that any coupling constant in a covariant action can be treated as a conserved charge by promoting the coupling constant to auxiliary fields, typically realized by a scalar field paired with a higher-form gauge field.…

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