Published December 20, 1990 | Version v1
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Topological matter coupled to gravity in 2+1 dimensions

Creators

  • 1. New Brunswick Univ., Fredericton (Canada). Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
  • 2. Winnipeg Univ., Manitoba (Canada). Dept. of Physics

Description

2+1 gravity coupled to a scalar and antisymmetric tensor gauge field is examined. The quantum theory is finite-dimensional and exactly solvable, containing two phase space degrees of freedom in addition to those in the vacuum theory. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
252
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
381-386
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
22035462
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; COMMUTATION RELATIONS; COUPLING; FIELD ALGEBRA; FIELD OPERATORS; FUNCTIONALS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; LORENTZ GROUPS; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; MATTER; PHASE SPACE; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SCALAR FIELDS; SECOND QUANTIZATION; SPACE-TIME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING; TOPOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE MODELS; POINCARE GROUPS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPACE; SYMMETRY GROUPS; TRANSFORMATIONS