Dimensional Reduction and Theories With Massive Gauge Fields

Dec, 1984
17 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 32 (1985) 454
Report number:
  • MUTP/84/6

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Abstract: (APS)
We generalize the three-dimensional (Abelian) model of Deser, Jackiw, and Templeton with a gauge-invariant mass term to higher odd dimensions using antisymmetric tensor gauge fields. We show that this mass-generation mechanism for gauge fields is related through dimensional reduction to the gauge-mixing mechanism of Aurilia and Takahashi. We comment on possible scenarios for non-Abelian generalization.
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: THREE-DIMENSIONAL
  • FIELD THEORY: DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION
  • FIELD THEORETICAL MODEL: SCHWINGER
  • FIELD THEORY: TENSOR
  • MASS: TOPOLOGICAL
  • TOPOLOGICAL: MASS