Aspects of duality in chiral field theories

Authors

A. P. Balachandran, Syracuse University
V. Parameswaran Nair, City College of New YorkFollow
B. S. Skagerstam, Centre Européen de Recherches Nucléaires
C. G. Trahern, Syracuse University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-15-1982

Abstract

The Abelian and non-Abelian gauge potentials A_uv are known to describe chiral fields. Here we study their interactions with dual extended objects. The region occupied by these objects is shown to behave like a distinct phase of chiral fields which is nondissipative under suitable geometric conditions. A method for the realization of the 't Hooft algebra in these systems is outlined. The concept of electric and magnetic duality in electromagnetism is generalized to chiral fields with values in a symmetric space.