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We present a covariant framework for the quantization of the electromagnetic field in the presence of magnetic monopoles. Building on the two-potential formalism of Cabibbo and Ferrari, which treats electric and magnetic sources on equal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-29 Kanan Anwar

For any causal nonlinear electrodynamics theory that is "self-dual" (electromagnetic $U(1)$-duality invariant), the Legendre-dual pair of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian densities $\{\mathcal{L},\mathcal{H}\}$ are constructed from functions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-17 Jorge G. Russo , Paul K. Townsend

We present a flux formulation of Double Field Theory, in which geometric and non-geometric fluxes are dynamical and field-dependent. Gauge consistency imposes a set of quadratic constraints on the dynamical fluxes, which can be solved by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 David Geissbuhler , Diego Marques , Carmen Nunez , Victor Penas

Given a model for self-dual non-linear electrodynamics in four spacetime dimensions, any deformation of this theory which is constructed from the duality-invariant energy-momentum tensor preserves duality invariance. In this work we present…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-30 Christian Ferko , Sergei M. Kuzenko , Liam Smith , Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli

We develop a Born-Infeld type theory for gravity in any dimension. We show that in four dimensions our formalism allows a self-dual (or anti-self dual) Born-Infeld gravity description. Moreover, we show that such a self-dual action is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 J. A. Nieto

We study the Born-Infeld equation from a Lagrangian point of view emphasizing the duality symmetry present in such systems. We obtain the Hamiltonian formulation directly from the Lagrangian. We also show that this system admits a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 J. C. Brunelli , Ashok Das

In this paper a new look on the electro-magnetic duality is presented and appropriately exploited. The duality analysis in the nonrelativistic and relativistic formulations is shown to lead to the idea the mathematical model field to be a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Stoil Donev

In this paper we prove a conjecture regarding the form of the Born-Infeld Lagrangian with a U(1)^2n gauge group after the elimination of the auxiliary fields. We show that the Lagrangian can be written as a symmetrized trace of Lorentz…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Paolo Aschieri , Daniel Brace , Bogdan Morariu , Bruno Zumino

In the context of the infrared triangle there have been recent discussions on the existence and the role of dual charges. We present a new viewpoint on dual magnetic charges in $p$-form theories, and argue that they can be inherited from…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-12 Marc Geiller , Puttarak Jai-akson , Abdulmajid Osumanu , Daniele Pranzetti

String theory compactified on a three-torus possesses an SL(5,Z) U-duality group. We investigate the realisation of this symmetry on the Born-Infeld theory on a three-brane, and discuss a U-duality covariant formulation of the BPS sector of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Gysbert Zwart

We initiate a study of non-supersymmetric Born-Infeld electrodynamics in 4d at the quantum level. Explicit all-multiplicity expressions are calculated for the purely rational one-loop amplitudes in the self-dual ($++\ldots+$) and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-03-18 Henriette Elvang , Marios Hadjiantonis , Callum R. T. Jones , Shruti Paranjape

We study the self-duality of Born-Infeld-Chern-Simons theory which can be interpreted as a massive D2 brane in IIA string theory and exhibit the self-dual formulation in terms of the gauge invariant master Lagrangian. The proposed master…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Won Tae Kim , Hyeonjoon Shin , Myung Seok Yoon

We examine Podolsky's electrodynamics, which is noninvariant under the usual duality transformation. We deduce a generalization of Hodge's star duality, which leads to a dual gauge field and restores to a certain extent the dual symmetry.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-10-11 F. T. Brandt , J. Frenkel , D. G. C. McKeon

Exact finite-energy solutions to the nonlinear governing equations of the Born-Infeld theory of electrodynamics, describing continuous distributions of electric, magnetic, and dyonic charge sources, in both classical and generalized…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-10 Yisong Yang

Starting with the generalized potentials, currents, field tensors and electromagnetic vector fields of dyons as the complex complex quantities with real and imaginary counter parts as electric and magnetic constituents, we have established…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Dehnen , O. P. S. Negi

We provide an explicit construction of a manifestly duality invariant, interacting deformation of Maxwell theory in four dimensions in terms of mutually local, but interacting 1- and 3-forms. Interestingly, our theory is formulated directly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-12 Carlo Alberto Cremonini , Erik Hundeshagen , Ivo Sachs

Born's original 1933 theory of nonlinear electrodynamics (in contrast to the later Born-Infeld theory) is acausal for strong fields. We explore the issue of strong-field causality violation in families of theories containing Born and/or…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-24 Jorge G. Russo , Paul K. Townsend

We introduce a decomposition of D-dimensional vector amplitudes in terms of building blocks that preserve all partial amplitude relations of the parent gauge-theory. Using this decomposition, we derive a new set of amplitude relations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-12 Nicolas H. Pavao

We present a systematic study of nonlinear and higher derivatives extensions of electromagnetism. We clarify when action functionals S[F] can be explicitly obtained from arbitrary (not necessarily self-dual) nonlinear equations of motion.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Paolo Aschieri , Sergio Ferrara

Superstring field theory was recently used to derive a four-dimensional Maxwell action with manifest duality. This action is related to the McClain-Wu-Yu Hamiltonian and can be locally coupled to electric and magnetic sources. In this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Nathan Berkovits