Padmanabhan’s boundary variational principle for electrodynamics and Yang–Mills theory
In this paper, we revisit a variational principle introduced by Padmanabhan for describing gravitation using a field action composed solely of a boundary term. We demonstrate that this procedure can also be applied to derive Maxwell’s and Yang–Mills equations.
Authors
- Benjamin Koch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2616-0200)
Institutions
- TU Wien (AT)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Modern Physics D
- Published
- 2025-04-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218271825500324
- Primary Topic
- Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00