| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 69, Number 2, January 2005
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 184 - 188 | |
| Section | The physics of elementary particles and fields | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10336-9 | |
| Published online | 17 December 2004 | |
Topological mass generation to antisymmetric tensor matter field
1
Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Ceará Caixa Postal 6030, 60455-760, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
2
Núcleo de Física, Universidade Estadual do Ceará Av. Paranjana, 1700, CEP 60740-000, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Corresponding author: renan@fisica.ufc.br
Received:
24
August
2004
Accepted:
12
November
2004
We propose a mechanism to give mass to tensor matter field which
preserves the 
symmetry. We introduce a complex vector
field that couples with the tensor in a topological term. We also
analyze the influence of the kinetic terms of the complex vector
in our mechanism.
PACS: 11.10.Ef – Lagrangian and Hamiltonian approach
© EDP Sciences, 2005
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