Manifest Duality in Born-infeld Theory
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Born-Infeld theory is formulated using an infinite set of gauge fields, along the lines of McClain, Wu and Yu. In this formulation electromagnetic duality is generated by a fully local functional. The resulting consistency problems are analyzed and the formulation is shown to be consistent. Email address: [email protected]. Supported by NFR.
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