Topological field theory on a lattice, discrete theta-angles and confinement

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2014.v18.n5.a4zbMath1308.81156arXiv1308.2926MaRDI QIDQ2258146

Ryan Thorngren, Anton Kapustin

Publication date: 2 March 2015

Published in: Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.2926

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

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