Published May 23, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

On the stochastic quantization of the Chern-Simons theory

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Trieste (Italy)
  • 2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik und Astrophysik, Muenchen (Germany, F.R.). Werner-Heisenberg-Inst. fuer Physik
  • 3. Vienna Univ. (Austria). Inst. fuer Theoretische Physik

Description

We present in this paper a refined treatment of the stochastic quantization of Chern-Simons field theories. We show in particular that the naive Langevin equation does not lead to a well-defined equilibrium limit. Our main issue is the introduction of a nontrivial kernel in the Langevin equation which yields the correct equilibrium limit. We restrict ourselves to the free field theory case. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
261
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
47-50
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA