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Paper   IPM / Physic / 17981
School of Physics
  Title:   Fluid/p-form duality
  Author(s): 
1.  V. Taghiloo
2.  M.H. Vahidinia
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Phys. Lett. B
  Vol.:  849
  Year:  2024
  Pages:   138450
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
In this study, we demonstrate that an inviscid fluid in a near-equilibrium state, when viewed in the Lagrangian picture in d+1 spacetime dimensions, can be reformulated as a (dâ??1)-form gauge theory. We construct a fluid/p-form dictionary and show that volume-preserving diffeomorphisms on the fluid side manifest as a U(1) gauge symmetry on the (p+1)-form gauge theory side. Intriguingly, Kelvin's circulation theorem and the mass continuity equation respectively appear as the Gauss law and the Bianchi identity on the gauge theory side. Furthermore, we show that at the level of the sources, the vortices in the fluid side correspond to the p-branes in the gauge theory side. We also consider fluid mechanics in the presence of boundaries and examine the boundary symmetries and corresponding charges from both the fluid and gauge theory perspectives.

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