A U(1) Gauge Theory for Antisymmetric Tensor Fields
  We show that a U(1) gauge theory defined in the configuration space for closed p-branes yields the gauge theory of a massless rank-(p+1) antisymmetric tensor field and the Stueckelberg formalism for a massive vector field. 
Shinichi Deguchi, Tadahito Nakajima, and Hideomi Totsuka Atomic   (Energy Reserch Institute, Nihon University)