Topological matter coupled to gravity in (2+1)-dimensions

Jul 9, 1990
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 252 (1990) 381-386
  • Published: 1990
Report number:
  • Print-90-0427 (WINNIPEG)

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
2 + 1 gravity coupled to a scalar and antisymmetric tensor gauge field is examined. The quantum theory is finite-dimensional and exactly solvable, containing two phase space degrees of freedom in addition to those in the vacuum theory.
  • gravitation
  • coupling: matter
  • matter: coupling
  • dimension: 3
  • field theory: topological
  • quantization: constraint
  • Hamiltonian formalism