Chern-Simons theory, Stokes' theorem, and the Duflo map

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2011.02.013zbMATH Open1216.81101arXiv1101.1690OpenAlexW2029367179MaRDI QIDQ533432FDOQ533432

Authors: Hanno Sahlmann, Thomas Thiemann 

Publication date: 3 May 2011

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

Abstract: We consider a novel derivation of the expectation values of holonomies in Chern-Simons theory, based on Stokes' Theorem and the functional properties of the Chern-Simons action. It involves replacing the connection by certain functional derivatives under the path integral integral. It turns out that ordering choices have to be made in the process, and we demonstrate that, quite surprisingly, the Duflo isomorphism gives the right ordering, at least in the simple cases that we consider. In this way, we determine the expectation values of unknotted, but possibly linked, holonomy loops for SU(2) and SU(3), and sketch how the method may be applied to more complicated cases. Our manipulations of the path integral are formal but well motivated by a rigorous calculus of integration on spaces of generalized connections which has been developed in the context of loop quantum gravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.1690

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zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Simons theoryloop quantum gravityDuflo map

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Integral formulas of real functions of several variables (Stokes, Gauss, Green, etc.) (26B20)

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