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Area of Science:

  • Theoretical physics
  • Electromagnetism
  • Lagrangian mechanics

Background:

  • Nonlinear electrodynamics presents challenges in formulating theories with electric-magnetic duality.
  • Existing formulations may not treat electric and magnetic potentials symmetrically.
  • The ModMax theory is a recent development in conformally invariant electrodynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To construct a general Lagrangian for nonlinear electrodynamics that unifies electric and magnetic potentials.
  • To develop a straightforward method for imposing electric-magnetic duality symmetries.
  • To provide a manifestly duality-symmetric formulation of the ModMax theory and explore generalizations.

Main Methods:

  • Construction of a Lagrangian incorporating electric and magnetic potentials symmetrically.
  • Imposition of discrete and continuous electric-magnetic duality symmetries within the Lagrangian framework.
  • Specialization of the Lagrangian to the conformally invariant case.

Main Results:

  • A unified Lagrangian formulation for general nonlinear electrodynamics.
  • A simplified approach to theories exhibiting SO(2) duality invariance.
  • A manifestly duality-symmetric formulation of the ModMax theory.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed Lagrangian framework simplifies the study of duality in nonlinear electrodynamics.
  • The approach naturally accommodates conformally invariant theories like ModMax.
  • The methodology can be extended to p-forms in higher dimensions.