Symplectic structures and selfdual fields in (4k+2)-dimensions

Giannakis, Ioannis; Nair, V.P.

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00859-9

Symplectic structures and selfdual fields in (4k+2)-dimensions

Ioannis Giannakis
(
- Rockefeller U.
)
,
V.P. Nair
(
- City Coll., N.Y.
)

Feb, 1997

10 pages

Published in:

Phys.Lett.B 409 (1997) 145-152

e-Print:

hep-th/9702024 [hep-th]

DOI:

10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00859-9

Report number:

RU-97-01-B,
CCNY-HEP-97-1

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Abstract:

We discuss symplectic structures for the chiral boson in (1+1) dimensions and the self-dual field in (4k+2) dimensions. Dimensional reduction of the six-dimensional field on a torus is also considered.

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10 pages, plain Tex Report-no: RU-97-01-B, CCNY-HEP-97-1

boson: chiral
dimension: 2
field theory: tensor
any-dimensional
duality
dimensional reduction
supersymmetry
differential geometry: symplectic

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