Conformal invariance of antisymmetric tensor field theories in any even dimension
- Resource Type
- Working Paper
- Authors
- Thierry-Mieg, Jean; Jarvis, Peter D.
- Source
- Subject
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- Language
Two theories describing antisymmetric tensor fields in 4 dimensions are well known: the gauge invariant Kalb-Ramond model which generalizes the Maxwell Lagrangian and the Avdeev-Chizhov model which describes self-dual 2-tensors. Using a theorem of Jackiw and Pi, we study p-forms in D dimensions and prove that the Kalb-Ramond model is conformal invariant only when the rank p of the gauge tensor is equal to its canonical dimension (D-2)/2 and that the Avdeev-Chizhov model and its new CP generalization inspired by the SU(2/1) superalgebraic chiral structure of the electroweak interactions are both conformal invariant in any even dimension.
Comment: 8 pages, no significant difference with version 1, added one reference and a XREF to a simultaneous arxiv preprint