Abstract
We study the relationship between three non-Abelian topologically massive gauge theories, viz., the naive non-Abelian generalization of the Abelian model, Freedman-Townsend model, and the dynamical 2-form theory, in the canonical framework. The Hamiltonian formulation of the naive non-Abelian theory is presented first. The other two non-Abelian models are obtained by deforming the constraints of this model. We study the role of the auxiliary vector field in the dynamical 2-form theory in the canonical framework and show that the dynamical 2-form theory cannot be considered as the embedded version of the naive non-Abelian model. The reducibility aspect and gauge algebra of the latter models are also discussed.
- Received 3 February 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.63.105020
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