New localization mechanism and Hodge duality for q-form field
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the problem of localization and the Hodge duality for a q-form field on a p-brane with codimension one. By a general Kaluza-Klein (KK) decomposition without gauge fixing, we obtain two Schr\"odinger-like equations for two types of KK modes of the bulk q-form field, which determine the localization and mass spectra of these KK modes. It is found that there are two types of zero modes (the 0-level modes): a q-form zero mode and a (q-1)-form one, which cannot be localized on the brane at the same time. For the n-level KK modes, there are two interacting KK modes, a massive q-form KK mode and a massless (q-1)-form one. By analyzing gauge invariance of the effective action and choosing a gauge condition, the n-level massive q-form KK mode decouples from the n-level massless (q-1)-form one. It is also found that the Hodge duality in the bulk naturally becomes two dualities on the brane. The first one is the Hodge duality between a q-form zero mode and a (p-q-1)-form one, or between a (q-1)-form zero mode and a (p-q)-form one. The second duality is between two group KK modes: one is an n-level massive q-form KK mode with mass mn and an n-level massless (q-1)-form mode; another is an n-level (p-q)-form one with the same mass mn and an n-level massless (p-q-1)-form mode. Because of the dualities, the effective field theories on the brane for the KK modes of the two dual bulk form fields are physically equivalent.
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