  We propose a vortex gauge field theory in which the curl of a Dirac fermion
current density plays the role of the pseudovector charge density. In this
field-theoretic model, vortex interactions are mediated by a single scalar
gauge boson in its antisymmetric tensor formulation. We show that these long
range vortex interactions induce a gauge invariant photon mass in the one-loop
effective action. The fermion loop generates a coupling between photons and the
vortex gauge boson, which acquires thus charge. This coupling represents also
an induced, gauge invariant, topological mass for the photons, leading to the
Meissner effect. The one-loop effective equations of motion for the charged
vortex gauge boson are the London equations. We propose thus vortex gauge
interactions as an alternative, topological mechanism for superconductivity in
which no spontaneous symmetry breaking is involved.
