Abelian Chern-Simons theory, Stokes theorem, and generalized connections

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2011.10.012zbMath1245.81106arXiv1004.2834OpenAlexW2147415416MaRDI QIDQ2428144

Thomas Thiemann, Hanno Sahlmann

Publication date: 24 April 2012

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.2834

zbMATH Keywords

loop quantum gravitygeneralized connectionsabelian Chern-Simons theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28)

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