Quantum Chern-Simons theory out of moduli space path integrals (Q1373684)
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Quantum Chern-Simons theory out of moduli space path integrals (English)
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7 January 1998
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The authors give details describing quantum Chern-Simons theory by use of functional integration in the phase space: thus the description is in terms of path integrals on the space of paths in the moduli space. The development is restricted to the moduli space of \(SU(2)\)-bundles over \(T^2\). Using minimal ingredients, the authors are able to give an explicit construction of the model so as to satisfy the axioms for a topological quantum field theory, giving an effective method for describing the Hilbert space and the calculation of some observables.
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moduli space of \(SU(2)\)-bundles
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quantum Chern-Simons theory
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functional integration
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phase space
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path integrals
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