Topological Quantum Field Theories from Compact Lie Groups

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zbMATH Open1232.57022arXiv0905.0731MaRDI QIDQ3582286FDOQ3582286


Authors: Daniel S. Freed, Jacob Lurie, Constantin Teleman, Michael J. Hopkins Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 2 September 2010

Abstract: It is a long-standing question to extend the definition of 3-dimensional Chern-Simons theory to one which associates values to 1-manifolds with boundary and to 0-manifolds. We provide a solution in case the gauge group is a torus. We also develop from different points of view an associated 4-dimensional invertible topological field theory which encodes the anomaly of Chern-Simons. Finite gauge groups are also revisited, and we describe a theory of "finite path integrals" as a general construction for a certain class of finite topological field theories. Topological pure gauge theories in lower dimension are presented as a warm-up.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0731




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