3 papers
hep-th2025
Dynamical Edge Modes in -form Gauge Theories
Adam Ball, Y. T. Albert Law
We extend our recently identified dynamical edge mode boundary condition to -form gauge theories, revealing their edge modes as Goldstone bosons arising from gauge transformatio…
hep-th2024
Dynamical Edge Modes in Yang-Mills Theory
Adam Ball, Luca Ciambelli
We study the symplectic structure and dynamics of Yang-Mills theory in the presence of a boundary. We introduce a decomposition of the fields on a Cauchy slice such that the symple…
hep-th2024
Dynamical Edge Modes and Entanglement in Maxwell Theory
Adam Ball, Y. T. Albert Law, Gabriel Wong
Previous work on black hole partition functions and entanglement entropy suggests the existence of "edge" degrees of freedom living on the (stretched) horizon. We identify a local…