Variational formulation of Chern--Simons theory for arbitrary Lie groups

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2003.11.005MaRDI QIDQ1781413zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Niranjan Chakravarthy

Publication date 27 June 2005

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomphys.2003.11.005

zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Simons theoryCalculus of variationsInfinitesimal symmetriesBundle of connectionsGlobal inverse problemNoether invariantsPoincaré-Cartan forms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Connections (general theory) (53C05) Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) de Rham theory in global analysis (58A12) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Jets in global analysis (58A20) Sheaf cohomology in algebraic topology (55N30) Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems (70S10)

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