Wess-Zumino term for chiral bosons
- 14 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (2) , 129-132
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.129
Abstract
We derive the Wess-Zumino term for the chiral-boson model formulated by Sonnenschein using an iterative process, previously introduced by the author in the context of the chiral Schwinger model, that transforms the second-class chiral constraints into first-class ones. Because of the peculiar features of this model the Wess-Zumino term found is made of an infinite number of terms, using an infinite number of auxiliary fields.Keywords
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