1993/09/14 by A. Toon, Andrew Toon
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.48.3720
published as Phys.Rev. D48 (1993) 3720-3724 · 10 pages, LaTeX, OUTP-93-03P
arxiv created 1993/09/14 · openalex publication_date 1993/10/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The partition function of 2+1 Chern-Simons-Witten topological gravity has an attractive physical interpretation in terms of the unbroken and broken phases of gravity. We make this physical interpretation manifest by using the background field method.