Published November 1991
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Journal article
Chern-Simons theory in the axial gauge: manifold with boundary
Description
The relation of the three-dimensional topological Chern-Simons theory with a two-dimensional chiral theory of the Wess-Zumino-Witten type is analysed from the point of view of local quantum field theory. The theory is hereby defined in three-dimensional space-time with a two-dimensional plane boundary. An axial gauge fixing procedure, well adapted to this geometrical setup, is used. A regularization free procedure is followed. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Helvetica Physica Acta
- Journal Volume
- 64
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Series
- Helv. Phys. Acta.
- Journal Page Range
- 1256-1270
- ISSN
- 0018-0238
- CODEN
- HPACA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Switzerland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Switzerland
- INIS RN
- 23028673
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTION INTEGRAL; ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHIRALITY; EUCLIDEAN SPACE; FIELD EQUATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GREEN FUNCTION; LAGRANGE EQUATIONS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; LOCALITY; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PROPAGATOR; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SIGMA MODEL; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; SPACE-TIME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TOPOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; WARD IDENTITY
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PERIPHERAL MODELS; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE