Published July 30, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

On the meaning of the minimal Wess-Zumino term

  • 1. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, DCP, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
  • 2. UNESP, Campus de Guaratingueta-DFQ, SP (Brazil)

Description

The physical meaning of the recently proposed minimal Wess-Zumino (MWZ) term is discussed. It is shown that the only relativistically acceptable MWZ corresponds to a gauged Floreanini-Jackiw chiral boson. This leads to the conclusion that the very mechanism in action is that or closing families like it happens in the standard model, and not that of the WZ term, in the spirit of Faddeev-Shatashvilli. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
286
Journal Issue
3/4
Series
Phys. Lett., Sect. B.
Journal Page Range
285-289
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA