DERIVATION OF THE TOTAL TWIST FROM CHERN-SIMONS THEORY

DOI10.1142/S0218216596000291MaRDI QIDQ4388261zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Allen C. Hirshfeld, Uwe Sassenberg

Publication date 7 May 1998

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9502088

zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Simons theorytotal twist number

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Abstract: The total twist number, which represents the first non-trivial Vassiliev knot invariant, is derived from the second order expression of the Wilson loop expectation value in the Chern-Simons theory. Using the well-known fact that the analytical expression is an invariant, a non-recursive formulation of the total twist based on the evaluation of knot diagrams is constructed by an appropriate deformation of the knot line in the three-dimensional Euclidian space. The relation to the original definition of the total twist is elucidated.

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