p-form electrodynamics as edge modes of a topological field theory

A bstract p -form electrodynamics in d ≥ 2 dimensions is shown to emerge as the edge modes of a topological field theory with a precise set of boundary conditions, through the Hamiltonian reduction of its action. Electric and magnetic charges correspond to Noether ones in the topological field theor...

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Published in:The journal of high energy physics 2023-11, Vol.2023 (11), p.136-11, Article 136
Main Authors: Fuentealba, Oscar, Troncoso, Ricardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boundary conditions
Classical and Quantum Gravitation
Couplings
Electrodynamics
Elementary Particles
Energy
Field Theories in Higher Dimensions
Field Theories in Lower Dimensions
Field theory
Field theory (physics)
Gauge Symmetry
High energy physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Field Theories
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Physics
Quantum theory
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Relativity Theory
String Theory
Tensors
Topology
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Summary:A bstract p -form electrodynamics in d ≥ 2 dimensions is shown to emerge as the edge modes of a topological field theory with a precise set of boundary conditions, through the Hamiltonian reduction of its action. Electric and magnetic charges correspond to Noether ones in the topological field theory. For chiral p -forms, the topological action can be consistently truncated, so that the Henneaux-Teitelboim action is recovered from a pure Chern-Simons theory, with a manifestly covariant stress-energy tensor at the boundary. Topologically massive p -form electrodynamics as well as axion couplings are also shown to be described through this mechanism by considering suitable (self-)interaction terms in the topological theory.
ISSN:1029-8479
1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP11(2023)136