Published September 12, 1991
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Journal article
On the connection between Wess-Zumino-Witten and Chern-Simons theories
- 1. Dept. de Fisica, Univ. Nacional de La Plata (Argentina)
Description
We analyze the connection between the Wess-Zumino-Witten and Chern-Simons theories from a novel viewpoint: stochastic quantization. We start from a Wess-Zumino-Witten theory in two dimensions and show that its stochastic partition function equals the BRST partition function for the Chern-Simons theory in three dimensions through an adequate interpretation of the manifolds involved. We also comment on the relation between these theories in the framework of canonical quantization for systems with constraints. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 267
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Phys. Lett., Sect. B.
- Journal Page Range
- 200-206
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 23028695
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTION INTEGRAL; COMMUTATION RELATIONS; FIELD ALGEBRA; FIELD OPERATORS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PARTITION FUNCTIONS; SECOND QUANTIZATION; SIGMA MODEL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SU GROUPS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; VECTOR FIELDS
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE MODELS; PERIPHERAL MODELS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SYMMETRY GROUPS