Padmanabhan's Boundary Variational Principle for Electrodynamics and Yang-Mills Theory
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| author | Koch, Benjamin |
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| contents | In this note, we revisit a variational principle introduced by Padmanabhan for describing gravitation using a field action composed solely of a boundary term. We demonstrate that this procedure can also be applied to derive Maxwell's and Yang-Mills equations. Additionally, we find that in this boundary approach, $\mathcal{CP}$-violating dual couplings and spontaneous symmetry breaking through gauge boson masses can emerge in a manner analogous to how the cosmological constant appears in the original gravitational context. |
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| spellingShingle | Padmanabhan's Boundary Variational Principle for Electrodynamics and Yang-Mills Theory Koch, Benjamin General Physics In this note, we revisit a variational principle introduced by Padmanabhan for describing gravitation using a field action composed solely of a boundary term. We demonstrate that this procedure can also be applied to derive Maxwell's and Yang-Mills equations. Additionally, we find that in this boundary approach, $\mathcal{CP}$-violating dual couplings and spontaneous symmetry breaking through gauge boson masses can emerge in a manner analogous to how the cosmological constant appears in the original gravitational context. |
| title | Padmanabhan's Boundary Variational Principle for Electrodynamics and Yang-Mills Theory |
| topic | General Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.14531 |