Remarks on the Canonical Quantization of the Chern-Simons-Witten Theory

Apr, 1989
27 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 326 (1989) 108-134
  • Published: 1989
Report number:
  • IASSNS-HEP-89/20

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We comment on some aspects of the canonical quantization of the Chern-Simons-Witten theory. We carry out explicitly the quantization on several interesting surfaces. The connection to the related two dimensional theory is illustrated from different points of view.
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: SU(N)
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: CHERN-SIMONS TERM
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: THREE-DIMENSIONAL
  • FIELD THEORY: PATH INTEGRAL
  • FIELD THEORY: WAVE FUNCTION
  • QUANTIZATION: CONSTRAINT
  • ANOMALY
  • BOUNDARY CONDITION
  • QUANTUM MECHANICS
  • FIELD THEORY: CONFORMAL