2021/09/30 by Anamaria Hell
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Classical mechanics #Coupling (piping) #Duality (order theory) #Geometry #Limit (mathematics) #Massless particle #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Physics #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #Quartic function #Scalar (mathematics) #Scalar field #Theoretical physics #Transverse plane #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2022/01/056
published as JCAP \textbf{01} (2022) no.01, 056 · 15 pages
openalex publication_date 2022/01/01 · arxiv created 2022/01/24 · arxiv updated 2022/03/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
We compare the massive Kalb-Ramond and Proca fields with a quartic self-interaction and show that the same strong coupling scale is present in both theories. In the Proca theory, the longitudinal mode enters the strongly coupled regime beyond this scale, while the two transverse modes propagate further and survive in the massless limit. In contrast, in case of the massive Kalb-Ramond field, the two transverse modes become strongly coupled beyond the Vainshtein scale, while the pseudo-scalar mode remains in the weak coupling regime and survives in the massless limit. This indicates a contradiction with the numerous claims in the literature that these theories are dual to each other.