A categorical construction of 4D TQFTs

1993/01/15 by Crane, Louis, Yetter, David N.
#FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum Algebra (math.QA)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9301062

Abstract

We construct a four dimensional topological Quantum Field Theory from a modular tensor category. We complete the proof in the case of SU(2)q at a root of unity. Our construction may be important in the physical interpretation of the Chern Simons state in the Ashtekar variables.

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