Cohomology and renormalization of BFYM theory in three dimensions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 505, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 540-566

  Accardi, Alberto ^a   Belli, Andrea ^a   Martellini, Maurizio ^a,b   Zeni, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Landau Network at Centro Volta   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algebraic renormalization; Topological bf theory; Yang mills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031564056     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00498-7     Document Type: Article

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