Loop observables for BF theories in any dimension and the cohomology of knots

Letters in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-316

  Cattaneo, Alberto S ^a   Cotta Ramusino, Paolo ^b,c   Rossi, Carlo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Batalin Vilkovisky (BV) formalism; BF theory; Chen's iterated integrals; Chern Simons theory; Cohomology of knots; Ghosts and antighosts; Ghosts for ghosts; Superconnections; Topological quantum field theories; Wilson loops

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007057870     PISSN: 03779017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007629020730     Document Type: Article

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