Chern-Simons as a geometrical setup for three-dimensional gauge theories

1998/01/06 by V. E. R. Lemes, C. Linhares de Jesus, S. P. Sorella +2
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Action (physics) #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #BRST quantization #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Chern–Simons theory #Covariant transformation #Field (mathematics) #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge anomaly #Gauge boson #Gauge covariant derivative #Gauge fixing #Gauge theory #Introduction to gauge theory #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum mechanics #Theoretical physics #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.58.045010

published as Phys.Rev. D58 (1998) 045010 · 26 pages, latex2e

arxiv created 1998/01/06 · openalex publication_date 1998/07/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Three-dimensional Yang-Mills gauge theories in the presence of the Chern-Simons action are seen as being generated by the pure topological Chern-Simons term through nonlinear covariant redefinitions of the gauge field.

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