GAUGE TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE NON-ABELIAN TWO-FORM

DOI10.1142/S0217732302007752MaRDI QIDQ5312349zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Amitabha Lahiri

Publication date 31 August 2005

Published in Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0107104

zbMATH Keywords

nonlocal symmetryTopological field theorynon-Abelian two-form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

Abstract: A novel inhomogeneous gauge transformation law is proposed for a non-Abelian adjoint two-form in four dimensions. Rules for constructing actions invariant under this are given. The auxiliary vector field which appears in some of these models transforms like a second connection in the theory. Another local symmetry leaves the compensated three-form field strength invariant, but does not seem to be generated by any combination of local constraints. Both types of symmetries change the action by total divergences, suggesting that boundary degrees of freedom have to be taken into account for local quantization.

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