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Quantum equivalence of massive antisymmetric tensor field models in curved space

I. L. Buchbinder, Е. Н. Кириллова, Н. Г. Плетнев

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We study the effective actions in massive rank 2 and rank 3 antisymmetric tensor field models in curved space-time. These models are classically equivalent to massive vector field and massive scalar field with minimal coupling to gravity, respectively. We prove that the effective action for massive rank 2 antisymmetric tensor field is exactly equal to that for massive vector field and the effective action for massive rank 3 antisymmetric tensor field is exactly equal to that for massive scalar field. The proof is based on an identity for mass-dependent zeta functions associated with Laplacians acting on $p$ forms.

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We study the effective actions in massive rank 2 and rank 3 antisymmetric tensor field models in curved space-time. These models are classically equivalent to massive vector field and massive scalar field with minimal coupling to gravity, respectively. We prove that the effective action for massive rank 2 antisymmetric tensor field is exactly equal to that for massive vector field and the effective action for massive rank 3 antisymmetric tensor field is exactly equal to that for massive scalar field. The proof is based on an identity for mass-dependent zeta functions associated with Laplacians acting on $p$ forms.

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We study the effective actions in massive rank 2 and rank 3 antisymmetric tensor field models in curved space-time. These models are classically equivalent to massive vector field and massive scalar field with minimal coupling to gravity, respectively. We prove that the effective action for massive rank 2 antisymmetric tensor field is exactly equal to that for massive vector field and the effective action for massive rank 3 antisymmetric tensor field is exactly equal to that for massive scalar field. The proof is based on an identity for mass-dependent zeta functions associated with Laplacians acting on $p$ forms.

Key concepts: Antisymmetric tensor, Tensor field, Symmetric tensor, Physics, Antisymmetric relation, Scalar field, Field (mathematics), Rank (graph theory)

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