The coupling of Chern-Simons theory to topological gravity

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.09.022zbMath1196.81176arXiv0905.4631OpenAlexW1967228425MaRDI QIDQ1960182

Camillo Imbimbo

Publication date: 12 October 2010

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.4631

zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Simons gauge theorytopological gravityBatalin-Vilkovisky quantizationtopological anomalies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

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