Localization and diagonalization: A review of functional integral techniques for low-dimensional gauge theories and topological field theories

DOI10.1063/1.531038zbMath0844.58105arXivhep-th/9501075MaRDI QIDQ4871957

Matthias Blau, George Thompson

Publication date: 8 April 1996

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9501075

zbMATH Keywords

topological field theory; path integrals; gauge theory; functional integrals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T40: Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics

81T13: Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory

58Z05: Applications of global analysis to the sciences

81S40: Path integrals in quantum mechanics

81Q60: Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics

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