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Schlagwörter:
High Energy Physics - Theory, hep-th,General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, gr-qc
Zusammenfassung:
Generalized gauge fields are tensor fields with mixed symmetries. For gravity
and higher spins in dimensions greater than four, the fundamental field in the
"magnetic representation" is a generalized gauge field. It is shown that the
analog of a point source for a generalized gauge field is a special type of
brane whose worldsheet has another brane interwoven into it: a current within a
current. In the case of gravity in higher dimensions, this combined extended
object is the generalization of a magnetic pole. The Dirac quantization
condition for the "electric" and "magnetic" strengths holds.
