Abstract

Anti-symmetric tensor gauge theories are quantized via the Faddeev-Popov procedure leading to a BRS invariant theory without the need for second order ghosts. The quantum mechanical equivalence of these theories to non-linear sigma models is established using the spontaneously broken global symmetry currents. Upon gauging these symmetries the Higgs mechanism is displayed, while for anomalous symmetries an analog of the Wess-Zumino action is constructed in terms of the anti-symmetric tensor gauge fields.

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