Duality in a fermionlike formulation for the electromagnetic field - art. no. 027702

Authors
Abreu, EMC Hott, M
Citation
Emc. Abreu et M. Hott, Duality in a fermionlike formulation for the electromagnetic field - art. no. 027702, PHYS REV D, 6202(2), 2000, pp. 7702
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
ISSN journal
05562821 → ACNP
Volume
6202
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(20000715)6202:2<7702:DIAFFF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We employ the Dirac-like equation for the gauge field proposed by Majorana to obtain an action that is symmetric under duality transformation. We also use the equivalence between duality and chiral symmetry in this fermionlik e formulation to show how the Maxwell action can be seen as a mass term.