NEW ACTIONS FOR SELF-DUAL FIELDS IN 2D AND 3D
New actions in D = 2 and D = 3 are proposed that are dual equivalent to known theories displaying well-defined chirality and helicity, respectively, along with new interpolating actions mapping continuously through the original dualities. The new chiral action in D = 2 is a second-order theory displaying the chiral constraint dynamically. In D = 3 the helicity constraint is imposed a la Siegel displaying a continuous mapping between the Maxwell–Chern–Simons and the self-dual model. It is also shown that the resulting theories introduce new versions of the Hull noton to take care of the symmetry aspects of the original models. The new interpolating formulation is then reexamined as a condensed phase for the discussion of duality under the light of the dual mechanisms — Julia–Toulouse and Higgs — establishing new interpolating actions in the dilute phase, according to these mechanisms.