Symplectic reduction of p-form electrodynamics

Abstract

We propose a simple method to reduce a general p-form electrodynamics with respect to the standard Gauss constraints. The canonical structure of the reduced theory displays a p-dependent sign which makes the essential difference between theories with different parities of p. This feature was observed recently in the corresponding quantization condition for p-brane dyons. It suggests that these two structures are closely related.

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