Algebroid Yang-Mills Theories

Thomas Strobl
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 211601 – Published 18 November 2004

Abstract

A framework for constructing new kinds of gauge theories is suggested. Essentially it consists in replacing Lie algebras by Lie or Courant algebroids. Besides presenting novel topological theories defined in arbitrary spacetime dimensions, we show that equipping Lie algebroids E with a fiber metric having sufficiently many E-Killing vectors leads to an astonishingly mild deformation of ordinary Yang-Mills theories: Additional fields turn out to carry no propagating modes. Instead, they serve as moduli parameters gluing together in part different Yang-Mills theories. This leads to a symmetry enhancement at critical points of these fields, as is also typical for String effective field theories.

  • Received 26 June 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.211601

©2004 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Thomas Strobl*

  • TPI, FSU-Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany

  • *Electronic address: pth@tpi.uni-jena.de

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Vol. 93, Iss. 21 — 19 November 2004

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