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New gauge field models with non-Yang-Mills dynamics

  • Part III. Invited Papers Dedicated To Asim Orhan Barut
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We propose a class of new gauge field models in 2n dimensions, with n not less than4. These systems are unrelated to Yang-Mills, in the sense that their gauge-field Higgs descendants in lower dimensions do not include the Yang-Mills dynamics.

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On leave of absence from the Department of Mathematical Physics, St. Patrick's College Maynooth, Ireland, and Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin, 4, Ireland.

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Tchrakian, D.H. New gauge field models with non-Yang-Mills dynamics. Found Phys 23, 667–673 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01883771

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