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Action principle for non‐abelian twisted self‐duality
Author(s) -
Samtleben H.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.201200050
Subject(s) - antisymmetric tensor , abelian group , duality (order theory) , antisymmetric relation , homogeneous space , seiberg duality , action (physics) , gauge theory , mathematics , physics , mathematical physics , theoretical physics , pure mathematics , introduction to gauge theory , quantum mechanics , geometry , gauge anomaly
Abstract The dynamics of abelian vector and antisymmetric tensor gauge fields can be described in terms of twisted self‐duality equations. The latter play an important role in exposing the duality symmetries of the theory. In this contribution I review recent progress in the construction of action principles for these equations and in particular their non‐abelian generalizations.