Duality symmetry in the Schwarz-Sen model

Journal Article · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1997 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.56.6615· OSTI ID:365391

Girotti, H O ^[1]; Rivelles, V O; da Silva, A J ^[2]

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1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, CP15051, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil)
2. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, CP66318, 05315--970, Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)

The continuous extension of the discrete duality symmetry of the Schwarz-Sen model is studied. The corresponding infinitesimal generator Q turns out to be local, gauge invariant, and metric independent. Furthermore, Q commutes with all the conformal group generators. We also show that Q is equivalent to the nonlocal duality transformation generator found in the Hamiltonian formulation of Maxwell theory. We next consider the Batalin-Fradkin-Vilkovisky formalism for the Maxwell theory and demonstrate that requiring a local duality transformation leads us to the Schwarz-Sen formulation. The partition functions are shown to be the same, which implies the quantum equivalence of the two approaches. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 365391
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 56; ISSN 0556-2821; ISSN PRVDAQ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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66 PHYSICS
CONFORMAL GROUPS
DUALITY
GAUGE INVARIANCE
HAMILTONIANS
PARTITION FUNCTIONS
TRANSFORMATIONS
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS