Exactly soluble diffeomorphism invariant theories

DOI10.1007/BF01218410zbMath0684.53075WikidataQ125791765 ScholiaQ125791765MaRDI QIDQ1825456

Gary T. Horowitz

Publication date: 1989

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

zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Simons theoryYang-Mills theorygauge theoryquantum field theoriesdiffeomorphism invariant theoriesWitten's solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80)

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