Even dimensional generalization of Chern-Simons action and new gauge symmetry. (English) Zbl 0749.53047
In this paper, the authors show a very interesting construction of a new even-dimensional action, which is a special version of a more general action, which includes gauge fermions and has the same original form as the standard Chern-Simons action. This action possesses a new type of gauge symmetry in the sense that the gauge transformations include anti- commutators and fermions are included as gauge fields.
Reviewer: A.Bucki (Williamsport)
MSC:
| 53Z05 | Applications of differential geometry to physics |
| 81T40 | Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics |
| 81R05 | Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations |
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