Unambiguous field-strength formulation and dual potentials for gauge theories |
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Authors: | M.B. Halpern |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA |
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Abstract: | Using completely fixed axial-like gauges, I construct the unique inversion A(F) for the potential A in terms of the field strength F. A change of variable to F results in an unambiguous field-strength formulation for any gauge theory; F is constrained to satisfy the Bianchi identities . Dual potentials may also be introduced as functional Fourier conjugate to the Bianchi forms. For quantum electrodynamics in four dimensions, duality , is a perfect symmetry. Residuals of this symmetry persist in all theories however; e.g., is always canonically conjugate to the magnetic fields. |
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