Off-Shell Duality in Maxwell and Born-Infeld Theories
Victor O. Rivelles
TL;DR
This paper reviews the implementation of SL(2,Z) duality symmetry in Maxwell and Born-Infeld theories, focusing on how these transformations act on potentials and their invariance properties.
Contribution
It provides a detailed analysis of off-shell duality transformations in Maxwell and Born-Infeld theories, highlighting their linear but non-local nature.
Findings
SL(2,Z) duality acts on potentials as linear non-local transformations
Duality invariance extends off-shell in these theories
The review clarifies the role of duality in classical field equations
Abstract
It is well known that the classical equations of motion of Maxwell and Born-Infeld theories are invariant under a duality symmetry acting on the field strengths. We review the implementation of the SL(2,Z) duality in these theories as linear but non-local transformations of the potentials.
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Taxonomy
TopicsBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics · Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions · Nonlinear Waves and Solitons