Fractons from covariant higher-rank 3D BF theory

Erica Bertolini, Alberto Blasi, Matteo Carrega +2

In this paper we study the 3D gauge theory of two tensor gauge fields: $a_{\mu \nu }(x)$, which we take symmetric, and $B_{\mu \nu }(x)$, with no symmetry on its indices. The corresponding inv…