Gauge Fixing and Renormalization in Topological Quantum Field Theory

May, 1988
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 214 (1988) 91-97
  • Published: 1988
Report number:
  • SLAC-PUB-4630

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We show how Witten's topological Yang-Mills and gravitational quantum field theories may be obtained by a straightforward BRST gauge fixing procedure. We investigate some aspects of the renormalization of the topological Yang-Mills theory. It is found that the beta function for the Yang-Mills coupling constant is not zero.
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: YANG-MILLS
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: TOPOLOGICAL
  • GRAVITATION: TOPOLOGICAL
  • TRANSFORMATION: BECCHI-ROUET-STORA
  • FIELD THEORY: BIANCHI IDENTITY
  • CHARGE: TOPOLOGICAL
  • TENSOR: ENERGY-MOMENTUM
  • GRAVITATION
  • FEYNMAN GRAPH: HIGHER-ORDER
  • RENORMALIZATION