TY - JOUR
T1 - Kalb-Ramond-invariant locally non-trivial V-term (P/CP-violating superconductivity in four dimensions)
AU - Davidson, Aharon
PY - 1993/9/9
Y1 - 1993/9/9
N2 - We discuss spontaneously broken gauge invariance of the third kind (Kalb-Ramond tensor gauge field). The photon, carrying axion charge Q, spontaneously acquires a Higgs-free mass M=√2Q. The contact with the London theory is established (exclusively in 3+1 dimensions) by means of a generalized, locally non-trivial, V-term. VQ (Q) plays the Witten (Bogomolny) role of the electric (magnetic) charge, VQ2/M2 parametrizes P/CP violation, and M2=2(1+V2)Q2. The third-kind gauge invariant P/CP-violating interaction of extended objects is briefly discussed.
AB - We discuss spontaneously broken gauge invariance of the third kind (Kalb-Ramond tensor gauge field). The photon, carrying axion charge Q, spontaneously acquires a Higgs-free mass M=√2Q. The contact with the London theory is established (exclusively in 3+1 dimensions) by means of a generalized, locally non-trivial, V-term. VQ (Q) plays the Witten (Bogomolny) role of the electric (magnetic) charge, VQ2/M2 parametrizes P/CP violation, and M2=2(1+V2)Q2. The third-kind gauge invariant P/CP-violating interaction of extended objects is briefly discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(93)91322-E
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(93)91322-E
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:13844323710
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 314
SP - 64
EP - 68
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
IS - 1
ER -