DOUBLET GROUPS, EXTENDED LIE ALGEBRAS, AND WELL DEFINED GAUGE THEORIES FOR THE TWO-FORM FIELD

DOI10.1142/S0217751X05020744zbMATH Open1072.81048arXivhep-th/0310156WikidataQ115246406 ScholiaQ115246406MaRDI QIDQ5314549FDOQ5314549

Authors: Marcelo Botta Cantcheff 

Publication date: 5 September 2005

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a symmetry law for a doublet of different form fields, which resembles gauge transformations for matter fields. This may be done for general Lie groups, resulting in an extension of Lie algebras and group manifolds. It is also shown that non-associative algebras naturally appear in this formalism, which are briefly discussed. Afterwards, a general connection which includes a two-form field is settled-down, solving the problem of setting a gauge theory for the Kalb-Ramond field for generical groups. Topological Chern-Simons theories can also be defined in four dimensions, and this approach clarifies their relation to the so-called $BwedgeF$-theories. We also revise some standard aspects of Kalb-Ramond theories in view of these new perspectives. Since this gauge connection is built upon a pair of fields consisting of a one-form and a two-form, one may define Yang-Mills theories as usually and, remarkably, also {it minimal coupling} with bosonic matter, where the Kalb-Ramond field appears naturally as mediator; so, a new associated conserved charge can be defined. For the Abelian case, we explicitly construct the minimal interaction between $B$-field and matter following a "gauge principle" and find a novel conserved tensor current. This is our most significative result from the physical viewpoint. This framework is also generalized in such a way that any $p$-rank tensor may be formulated as a gauge field.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0310156

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zbMATH Keywords

Kalb-Ramond fieldgauge tensorsgeneralized connections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Groups and algebras in quantum theory and relations with integrable systems (81R12) 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)

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