The Dual Phases of Massless/Massive Kalb-Ramond Fields

TL;DR

This paper explores the dualization of massless and massive Kalb-Ramond fields, revealing how mass induces spin changes independently of gauge symmetry, and introduces a compensated phase to study this phenomenon.

Contribution

It develops a dualization framework for both ordinary and Stueckelberg massive Kalb-Ramond fields, highlighting the role of mass in spin jumping without requiring gauge symmetry.

Findings

Mass causes spin jumping in Kalb-Ramond fields.

Gauge symmetry is not necessary for spin jumping.

A compensated phase reveals the interplay between mass and duality.

Abstract

We have developed dualization of ordinary and ``Stueckelberg compensated'' massive phase for the Kalb-Ramond theory. The compensated phase allows to study the interplay between spin jumping and duality. We show that spin jumping is caused by mass, while gauge symmetry is not necessary for this effect to take place.