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Space-time symmetries in gauge theories

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A general definition of symmetries of gauge fields is proposed and a method developed for constructing symmetric fields for an arbitrary gauge group. Scalar fields occur naturally in the formalism and the pure gauge theory reduces to a Higgs model in lower dimensions.

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Communicated by E. Brézin

Laboratoire propre du C.N.R.S. associé à l'Ecole Normale Supérieure et à l'Université de Paris Sud

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Forgács, P., Manton, N.S. Space-time symmetries in gauge theories. Commun.Math. Phys. 72, 15–35 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01200108

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