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By virtue of the Noether theorems, the vast gauge redundancy of general relativity provides us with a rich algebra of boundary charges that generate physical symmetries. These charges are located at codimension-2 entangling surfaces called…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-26 Laurent Freidel , Marc Geiller , Wolfgang Wieland

In this paper, we consider a gravitational theory including a Dirac field that is non-minimal coupled to gravity in $2+1$ dimensions. Noether gauge symmetry approach can be used to fix the form of coupling function $F(\Psi)$ and the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-02-18 Ganim Gecim , Yusuf Kucukakca , Yusuf Sucu

The proposed coordinate/field duality [Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 (1997) 163] is applied to the gauge and matter sectors of gauge theories. In the non-Abelian case, due to indices originated from the internal space, the dual coordinates appear to…

General Physics · Physics 2016-01-27 Amir H. Fatollahi

One way of describing gauge theories in physics is to assign a vector space $V_{x}$ to each space time point $x.$ For each $x$ the field $\psi$ takes values $\psi(x)$ in $V_{x}.$ The freedom to choose a basis in each $V_{x}$ introduces…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-20 Paul Benioff

Gauge theories can be described by assigning a vector space V(x) to each space time point x. A common set of complex numbers, C, is usually assumed to be the set of scalars for all the V{x}. This is expanded here to assign a separate set of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-07-11 Paul Benioff

We reformulate gauge theories in analogy with the vierbein formalism of general relativity. More specifically, we reformulate gauge theories such that their gauge dynamical degrees of freedom are local fields that transform linearly under…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-23 Daniel J. H. Chung , Ran Lu

In this review, we outline the main features of the non-local gauge, named the contour gauge. The contour gauge belongs to the axial type of gauges and extends the local gauge used in the most of approaches. The geometry of gluon fields and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-29 I. V. Anikin

We examine the incorporation of gauge symmetries in the modern effective field theory (EFT) matching paradigm with a particular focus on spontaneously broken symmetries. The presence of gauge symmetries entails the introduction of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-13 Anders Eller Thomsen

Toda Conformal Field Theories (CFTs hereafter) are generalizations of Liouville CFT where the underlying field is no longer scalar but takes values in a finite-dimensional vector space induced by a complex simple Lie algebra. The goal of…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Baptiste Cerclé , Nathan Huguenin

We propose a distinction between the physical and the mathematical parts of gauge field theories. The main problem we face is to uphold a strong and meaningful criterion of what is physical. We like to call it "Field's dilemma", referring…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yair Guttmann , Holger Lyre

The evolution of a generally covariant theory is under-determined. One hundred years ago such dynamics had never before been considered; its ramifications were perplexing, its future important role for all the fundamental interactions under…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-23 James M. Nester , Chiang-Mei Chen

It is proposed that a non-Abelian adjoint two-form in BF type theories transform inhomogeneously under the gauge group. The resulting restrictions on invariant actions are discussed. The auxiliary one-form which is required for maintaining…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Amitabha Lahiri

We consider the Hamiltonian constraint formulation of classical field theories, which treats spacetime and the space of fields symmetrically, and utilizes the concept of momentum multivector. The gauge field is introduced to compensate for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-05-04 Vaclav Zatloukal

The Einstein theory of general relativity provides a peculiar example of classical field theory ruled by non-linear partial differential equations. A number of supplementary conditions (more frequently called gauge conditions) have also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-23 Giampiero Esposito , Cosimo Stornaiolo

In gauge theories, globally charged observables necessarily depend non-locally on the kinematical fields, with this dependence extending to the asymptotic boundary of spacetime. Despite this, we show that a subset of such observables can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-19 Philipp A. Hoehn , Josh Kirklin

Boundary charges in gauge theories (like the ADM mass in general relativity) can be understood as integrals of linear conserved n-2 forms of the free theory obtained by linearization around the background. These forms are associated…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Glenn Barnich

We introduce a geometric construction of a gauge field theory of a complex adaptive system. It is based on a suitable simplicial formulation of a discrete geometry that manifests relevant properties valid in the classical differentiable…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Gueorgui M. Mihaylov , Sergio L. Cacciatori

A method for incorporating electromagnetic fields into empirical tight-binding theory is derived from the principle of local gauge symmetry. Gauge invariance is shown to be incompatible with empirical tight-binding theory unless a…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 Bradley A. Foreman

Gauge symmetries play a central role, both in the mathematical foundations as well as the conceptual construction of modern (particle) physics theories. However, it is yet unclear whether they form a necessary component of theories, or…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2024-10-18 Philipp Berghofer , Jordan François , Simon Friederich , Henrique Gomes , Guy Hetzroni , Axel Maas , René Sondenheimer

A gauge theory of solids with conformal symmetry is formulated to model various electromechanical and magnetomechanical coupling phenomena. If the pulled back metric of the current configuration (the right Cauchy-Green tensor) is scaled…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Pranesh Roy , J N Reddy , Debasish Roy