Geometrical \((2+1)\)-gravity and the Chern-Simons formulation: grafting, Dehn twists, Wilson loop observables and the cosmological constant

DOI10.1007/S00220-007-0255-XzbMath1148.83016arXivgr-qc/0607121OpenAlexW2158989063MaRDI QIDQ946510

Catherine Meusburger

Publication date: 23 September 2008

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0607121

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds (57R57) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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