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A geometric view on topologically massive gauge theories

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The topologically massive gauge theory of Deser, Jackiw and Templeton is understood from Souriau's Principle of General Covariance. The non-gauge invariant mass term corresponds to a non-trivial class in the first cohomology group of configuration space, generated by the Chern-Simons secondary characteristic class. Quantization requires this class to be integral

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5 p.
Report number
CNRS-CPT--85-PE-1804

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Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
17066006
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
QUANTIZATION; TOPOLOGY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY