Chern-Simons topological Lagrangians in odd dimensions and their Kaluza-Klein reduction

DOI10.1016/0003-4916(84)90215-XzbMATH1216.53067MaRDI QIDQ549274FDOQ549274

Authors Yong-Shi Wu

Publication date 7 July 2011

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Applications of PDEs on manifolds (58J90)

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