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We construct the theory of non-Abelian gauge antisymmetric tensor fields, which generalize the standard Yang-Mills fields and Abelian gaugep-forms. The corresponding gauge group acts on the space of inhomogeneous differential forms and is shown to be a supergroup. The wide class of generalized Chern-Simons actions is constructed.
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Solodukhin, S.N. Non-Abelian gauge antisymmetric tensor fields. Nuov Cim B 108, 1275–1291 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02741279
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