A U(1) Gauge Theory for Antisymmetric Tensor Fields

Abstract

We show that a U(1) gauge theory defined in the configuration space for closed p-branes yields the gauge theory of a massless rank-(p+1) antisymmetric tensor field and the Stueckelberg formalism for a massive vector field.

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