Consistent Quantum Mechanics of Chiral p-Forms

  • Marc Henneaux
  • Claudio Teitelboim
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Abstract

p-form gauge potentials naturally arise in theories of fundamental extended objects. A p-form potential bears to a (p − 1)-dimensional object the same relation that the ordinary electromagnetic potential bears to a charged particle. It couples to the tangent of the object’s history [1].

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Poisson Bracket Gauge Invariance Surface Term Gravitational Anomaly Dirac Bracket 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Marc Henneaux
    • 1
    • 2
  • Claudio Teitelboim
    • 2
    • 3
  1. 1.Faculté des SciencesUniversité Libre de BruxellesBrusselsBelgium
  2. 2.Centro de Estudios Científicos de SantiagoSantiago 9Chile
  3. 3.Center for RelativityThe University of Texas at AustinAustinUSA

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