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Abelian BF theories and knot invariants
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    Abelian BF theories and knot invariants (English)
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    25 June 1998
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    In the context of the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism, a new observable for the Abelian BF theory is proposed whose vacuum expectation value is related to the Alexander-Conway polynomial. The three-dimensional case is analyzed explicitly, and it is proved to be anomaly free. Moreover, at the second order in perturbation theory, a new formula for the second coefficient of the Alexander-Conway polynomial is obtained. An account on the higher-dimensional generalizations is also given.
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    topological quantum field theory
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    knot invariants
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    Alexander-Conway polynomial
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    Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism
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    anomalies
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