Abelian Chern-Simons theory. I. A topological quantum field theory

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 170-206

  Manoliu, Mihaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0032345272     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.532333     Document Type: Article

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