\(N=2\) topological gauge theory, the Euler characteristic of moduli spaces, and the Casson invariant

DOI10.1007/BF02097057zbMath0769.53017arXivhep-th/9112012MaRDI QIDQ1803941

George Thompson, Matthias Blau

Publication date: 29 June 1993

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9112012

zbMATH Keywords

Casson invariantsupersymmetric quantum mechanicsMathai-Quillen formalismPenner matrix model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07)

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