A gauge-invariant formulation for theSU(N) nonlinear -model in 2 1 dimensions

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/36/24/319zbMATH Open1047.81055arXivhep-th/0302025OpenAlexW1964053669MaRDI QIDQ4450170FDOQ4450170

Clisthenis P. Constantinidis, Cesar Daniel Fosco

Publication date: 15 February 2004

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We derive a local, gauge invariant action for the SU(N) non-linear sigma-model in 2+1 dimensions. In this setting, the model is defined in terms of a self-interacting pseudo vector-field heta_mu, with values in the Lie algebra of the group SU(N). Thanks to a non-trivially realized gauge invariance, the model has the correct number of degrees of freedom: only one polarization of heta_mu, like in the case of the familiar Yang-Mills theory in 2+1 dimensions. Moreover, since heta_mu is a pseudo-vector, the physical content corresponds to one massless pseudo-scalar field in the Lie algebra of SU(N), as in the standard representation of the model. We show that the dynamics of the physical polarization corresponds to that of the SU(N) non-linear sigma model in the standard representation, and also construct the corresponding BRST invariant gauge-fixed action.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0302025

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zbMATH Keywords

gauge invariant formulation2+1 dimensional spaceSU(\(N\)) nonlinear \(\sigma\) model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups and algebras in quantum theory and relations with integrable systems (81R12) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

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