Issues in Electric-Magnetic Duality
Xavier Bekaert
TL;DR
This paper explores various aspects of electric-magnetic duality, including classical and quantum formulations, gauge theories, and consistent deformations, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject.
Contribution
It offers a detailed analysis of duality in different theoretical frameworks, including duality-symmetric actions and BRST quantization, advancing understanding of duality in field theories.
Findings
Classical duality in bosonic brane electrodynamics clarified
Duality-symmetric actions and chiral forms developed
Quantization conditions and consistent deformations analyzed
Abstract
Chapters : 1. Introduction to electric-magnetic duality 2. Classical duality in bosonic brane electrodynamics 3. Massless spin two gauge theory 4. Duality-symmetric actions and chiral forms 5. BRST quantization of duality-symmetric Maxwell's theory 6. Quantization conditions 7. Consistent deformations
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Taxonomy
TopicsMagnetic Properties and Applications · Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies