Perturbative expansion of Chern-Simons theory with non-compact Gauge group

DOI10.1007/BF02101513zbMath0738.53041MaRDI QIDQ1181852

Edward Witten, Dror Bar-Natan

Publication date: 27 June 1992

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

zbMATH Keywords

perturbative expansion; gauge group; Chern-Simons gauge theory; one loop contributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53Z05: Applications of differential geometry to physics

53C80: Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences

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