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Duality Invariant Born-infeld Theory

Year: 2000

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: We present an Sp(2n,R) duality invariant Born-Infeld U(1)^2n gauge theory with scalar fields. To implement this duality we had to introduce complex gauge fields and as a result the rank of the duality group is only half as large as that of the corresponding Maxwell gauge theory with the same number of gauge fields. The latter is self-dual under Sp(4n,R), the largest allowed duality group. A special case appears for n=1 when one can also write an SL(2,R) duality invariant Born-Infeld theory with a real gauge field. We also describe the supersymmetric version of the above construction.

Source: WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks

DOI: 10.1142/9789812793850_0009

Authors: DANIEL BRACE, BOGDAN MORARIU, BRUNO ZUMINO

Institutions: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W55759460

FWCI: 11.25

Cites: 12

Cited by: 25

Related to: 10