Sources for Generalized Gauge Fields

Bunster, Claudio; Henneaux, Marc

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.88.085002

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Sources for Generalized Gauge Fields

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Bunster, Claudio
AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society;

Henneaux, Marc
AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Bunster, C., & Henneaux, M. (2013). Sources for Generalized Gauge Fields. Physical Review D, 88: 085002. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.88.085002.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0015-11FD-0

Abstract

Generalized gauge fields are tensor fields with mixed symmetries. For gravity and higher spins in dimensions greater than four, the fundamental field in the "magnetic representation" is a generalized gauge field. It is shown that the analog of a point source for a generalized gauge field is a special type of brane whose worldsheet has another brane interwoven into it: a current within a current. In the case of gravity in higher dimensions, this combined extended object is the generalization of a magnetic pole. The Dirac quantization condition for the "electric" and "magnetic" strengths holds.