On chiral bosons in 2D and 6D
arXiv:2204.09336 · doi:10.1007/JHEP07(2022)142
Abstract
In the Hamiltonian formulation of chiral 2k-form electrodynamics, the 2k-form potential on the (4k+1)-space is defined up to the addition of either (i) a closed -form or (ii) an exact 2k-form, depending on the choice of chirality constraint. Case (i) is realized by the Floreanini-Jackiw 2D chiral boson (for k=0) and its Henneaux-Teitelboim generalisation to k>0. For all k, but focusing on the 6D case, we present a simple Lorentz-invariant Hamiltonian model that realizes case (ii), and we derive it from Siegel's manifestly Lorentz invariant Lagrangian formulation.
arXiv comment24 pages, minor corrections and further additional references in v3
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