Self-interacting chiral p-forms in higher dimensions
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DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2019.135018zbMATH Open1434.81067arXiv1909.10404OpenAlexW2979636772WikidataQ127103182 ScholiaQ127103182MaRDI QIDQ2187235FDOQ2187235
Luca Melotti, Ginevra Buratti, Kurt Lechner
Publication date: 2 June 2020
Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: There exists no natural variational principle for the dynamics of abelian p-form potentials with self-dual field strengths, also called chiral p-forms. Relying on the PST method, we establish the general consistency condition for a Lagrangian to describe a Lorentz invariant self-interacting chiral 2n-form in 4n+2 dimensions. For a generic n, we determine a canonical solution of this condition for a quartic interaction Lagrangian of the 2n-form, and prove that for the four-form in ten dimensions this interaction is unique. It generalizes the corresponding Born-Infeld-like interaction of a chiral two-form in six dimensions. We verify that under a dimensional reduction on a torus, this interaction Lagrangian reduces to a combination of the two recently constructed SO(2)-duality invariant quartic interactions for abelian three-form potentials in eight dimensions. The potential relevance of our method for the type IIB superstring effective action is discussed.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.10404
Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supergravity (83E50)
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