Reidemeister torsion, the Alexander polynomial and \(U(1,1)\) Chern-Simons theory

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(94)90022-1zbMath0810.57018arXivhep-th/9209073OpenAlexW3098066268MaRDI QIDQ1317908

Hubert Saleur, Lev Rozansky

Publication date: 17 April 1995

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9209073

zbMATH Keywords

Seifert manifoldsAlexander polynomialanalytic and Reidemeister torsionsGL(1,1)one-loop exacttorsions of lens spacesU(1,1) Chern-Simons theoryU(1,1) quantum field theoriesU(1,1) Wess-Zumino-Witten model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc. (57Q10)

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