par Bunster, Claudio;Henneaux, Marc 
Référence Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 88, 085002, page (4)
Publication Publié, 2013-10-01
Référence Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 88, 085002, page (4)
Publication Publié, 2013-10-01
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Generalized gauge fields are tensor fields with mixed symmetries. For gravity and higher spins in dimensions greater than four, the fundamental field in the "magnetic representation" is a generalized gauge field. It is shown that the analog of a point source for a generalized gauge field is a special type of brane whose world sheet has another brane interwoven into it: a current within a current. In the case of gravity in higher dimensions, this combined extended object is the generalization of a magnetic pole. The product of the "electric" and "magnetic" strengths is quantized. © 2013 American Physical Society. |
