Composite Vector and Tensor Gauge Fields, and Volume-Preserving Diffeomorphisms

1999/03/28 by Eduardo I. Guendelman, Guendelman, Eduardo I., Emil Nissimov +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9903245

5 pages, LaTeX209, to appear in the Proceedings of the Annual Physics Science Fete 1999, Sde-Boker, Israel

arxiv created 1999/03/28 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

We describe new theories of composite vector and tensor (p-form) gauge fields made out of zero-dimensional constituent scalar fields (``primitives''). The local gauge symmetry is replaced by an infinite-dimensional global Noether symmetry -- the group of volume-preserving (symplectic) diffeomorphisms of the target space of the scalar primitives. We find additional non-Maxwell and non-Kalb-Ramond solutions describing topologically massive tensor gauge field configurations in odd space-time dimensions. Generalization to the supersymmetric case is also sketched.

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