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arxiv 2311.09125 v1 pith:6GJNSM33 submitted 2023-11-15 hep-th physics.flu-dyn

Fluid/p-form duality

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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 (d-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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