Action principle for non-abelian twisted self-duality
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Action Principle for Non-Abelian Twisted Self-Duality
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. I this contribution I review recent progress in the construction of action principles for these equations and in particular their non-abelian generalizations.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Fortschritte der Physik
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0015-8208
DOI: 10.1002/prop.201200050