Published September 20, 1990 | Version v1
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The large N limit of Chern-Simons gauge theory

Creators

  • 1. Boston Univ., MA (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Mathematics
  • 3. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 4. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Center for Theoretical Physics

Description

We consider the large N expansion of the SU(N) Chern-Simons gauge theory defined on an S3 space-time manifold. An exact expression for the partition function Z(N, k) in terms of N and the Chern-Simons parameter k is presented and shown to agree with the leading N order field theoretical computations. A symmetry between Z(N, k) and Z(k, N) is interpreted in physical terms as a duality between the weak and strong coupling expansions in the large N limit. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
247
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
549-554
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
22005541
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; DUALITY; FEYNMAN DIAGRAM; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; PARTITION FUNCTIONS; POWER SERIES; PROPAGATOR; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; SPACE-TIME; SYMMETRY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; VERTEX FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
DIAGRAMS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION; INTEGRALS; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SERIES EXPANSION

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC02-86ER40284; DE-AC02-76ER03069